935k3 Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 This is an excellent BBC documentary which originally aired on the Velocity channel. The entire show(59 min.) is at this link http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/grand-prix-the-killer-years-video-documentary/ It covers the dangerous period in F1 of the 60's and early 70's
iBorg Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 A great reminder that there was less to those golden years than we'd like to remember. I gained a lot of respect for Jackie Stewart. I also loss respect for another hero..... If you haven't seen it, you should watch it.
Miatatom Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 I've seen it. A really good look at 60s GP racing. The years leading up to 1980 are my favorite for F1 racing but man they were so deadly.
58 Impala Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 It was interesting to watch,great racing footage. Also some pretty gruesome footage of some really bad wrecks.
C.C.RACER Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 If you take a look at the cars from back then you have a understanding of why some things happend. That show is great. Good to see cars and the racing from back in the day. To bad we lost drivers at to young of age. To drive those cars as fast as they did required HUGE ____ (fill in the blank) It was the best times for innovation and the worst times for safty. It's lucky we did not lose more drivers then we did. I love watching all forms of Racing but F1 is my fav.
Rob Hall Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 Saw on it on Velocity a while back..excellent documentary. What an incredible era of racing...long before my time, but I find the drivers, cars and tracks of F1 and sports car racing of that era fascinating..
IHSS Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 I cought that to simply mind blow that era of racing.You really had to have a some you know whats to be a driver back then. There's another show that just aired a few months back on velocity. I can't remember the name but it was about, I think the 59 Lemons wreck. It was just as fascinating as the Grand Prix one. A must see if you liked the Grand Prix
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) ........."the Killer Years" ? What is this, sensational headlining like is so ridiculously prevalant everywhere today? " PEOPLE MAIMED, BLOOD RUNNING IN THE STREET>>>PICTURES AT 11:00 !!!!!!!!!!!" Racing STILL is dangerous, and has always been dangerous. Probably why so few actually DO it, and so many TALK about it. You want to see cars that took REAL nads to drive? Look at the stuff from the 19teens, '20s, '30s and '40s. No rollbars, no collapsible steering columns, no seatbelts, no real helmets, no fire-suits. Drivers impaled on steering columns. Drivers thrown from cars and then crushed when the car fell on them. Drivers burned to death slowly when fuel tanks ruptured. Yeah, the '60s and '70s were more dangerous than now as far as safety equipment and engineering of the cars, but the '60s -'70s cars were HUGELY safer than what went before, just as today's cars are hugely safer than the '60s-'70s, but there's STILL NO WAY to GUARANTEE survival from a sudden impact at 200mph. And another thing to remember.....no one held a gun to the head of any driver and made him risk his life to live fully and intensely. Those who were killed in the sport died doing something they loved. I can't think of a better way to go. THE KILLER YEARS !!!!!!!! OMG !!!!! OMG !!!!!! Edited August 24, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy
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