Can someone help me

Invincible · 22 Nov 2001, 21:31 (Ref:177877)

http://tbk.fameflame.dk/videos/Open_Wheel/dump24-2.mpg

Where was this?
What race was this?
Who was driving the car?
And how was he after it?

Any help will be fine

Invincible

SL · 22 Nov 2001, 22:11 (Ref:177889)

Sorry cannot help even with the circuit.

The crash does look horrendus.

SL

josvandeperre · 23 Nov 2001, 09:12 (Ref:178002)

My guess is a European Fornula Atlantic or similar in the early eighties or maybe late seventies from the age of the transit in the last bit - could it have been an Aurora round ?

TimD · 23 Nov 2001, 10:15 (Ref:178028)

The clip resolutely refuses to play for me. Any chance of a description, or a frame capture or something?

josvandeperre · 23 Nov 2001, 10:29 (Ref:178031)

I used the latest Windows Media Player and an ADSL line - no problem

FEV · 23 Nov 2001, 19:51 (Ref:178239)

Horrendous crash indeed. Reminds me of poor Greg Moore. I would say it was somewhere in eastern europe (Germany ? Austria ? Yougoslavia ?) in the early 80s. I don't think it was an Aurora FX race. Could it be a InterSerie/CanAm race ?

Ray Bell · 27 Nov 2001, 18:08 (Ref:179447)

They're F3 or FAtlantic cars from the mid seventies.

Chris Townsend · 27 Nov 2001, 19:22 (Ref:179474)

Is this the collision betweeen Steve Millen and Huub Rothengatter at a New Zealand F.Pacific round in (I think) 1980? The red and white car still on the track at the end looks like a Marlboro backed March 792 - which is what de Cesaris drove in that series, and one of the other cars has a nose which looks like that of the 1979 Lyncar, which I also believe had been exported to NZ by that time

quintin cloud · 28 Nov 2001, 07:20 (Ref:179658)

The track looks like it may be Nogaro circuit in France, I agree with Ray that they are Formula Atlantic cars of the 70's.

Ray Bell · 28 Nov 2001, 09:49 (Ref:179692)

I may be wrong, but I don't think there are any grandstands like that in New Zealand...

Glenn Moulds · 29 Nov 2001, 21:44 (Ref:180362)

After being a "lurker" for quite a while I thought it was about time I made a post. Chris, you are right on the money. It is indeed Steve Millen at Pukekohe in 1980. Photos of this crash appear in his biography "Millen". His injuries included the "left arm shattered in two places, several broken ribs and a fractured scapular". He spent three weeks in hospital. Unfortunately, Steve suffered at least three more serious accidents in the US during his long career.

Ray Bell · 29 Nov 2001, 23:38 (Ref:180404)

Glenn Moulds... seems to me I've heard that name somewhere?

Surprises me to see that grandstand, but I guess if I'd watched the 'V8 Soupercars' there the other week I would have known... looks like horse racing in NZ is as well endowed with cash for facilities as it is in Australia...

Glenn Moulds · 30 Nov 2001, 10:57 (Ref:180487)

Glenn Moulds... seems to me I've heard that name somewhere?

Ray

Not unless you took a close interest in the back half of early 80's NSW Formula Vee races! You are probably thinking of my cousin, Colin Moulds, who was a front-runner in Formula Vee during the late 70's.

Ray Bell · 1 Dec 2001, 15:14 (Ref:180934)

I did the on-circuit commentary for those races... so that's why I knew the name... remember Colin's name too.