How tragic, and ironic, that the drivers had concerns over that track and even had a safety meeting regarding it, sadly two drivers lost their lives.Things have only got better since then, regarding safety, Horse, stable gate springs to mind.
Lincoln .7
spain 75 is another controversial race dictated by safetey concerns
the race was a farce and drivers , mechanics , team managers et al were out tightening and securing dangerous armco barriers
ironicly the deaths were 5 spectators
Two laps later, tragedy struck. The rear wing on Stommelen’s Embassy Hill broke, sending him into the barrier, ironically at the point that his own mechanics had worked on. He bounced off it and back into the road, hitting the barrier across the way, and flying over it. While trying to avoid Stommelen as he crossed the track, Pace crashed. Five by-standers were killed by Stommelen’s flying car with the driver suffering a broken leg, a broken wrist and two cracked ribs.
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