''In turn 3, especially, I got the car sideways a little bit,'' Mears said. Driver Sebastian Bourdias had set the 2 fastest laps of Qualifying, and the first 2 laps in the 231 mph range. I had never seen such trauma. He recorded two pole positions at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs, with a best finish of second in Formula Ford in 1971. 7 Nearly-Extinct Animals and the Wine That Pairs Best With Them, 5 Haunting Images You Wont Be Able To Shake, Kid Wearing A 'Sons of Anarchy' Vest Gets Berated By Real Biker, Remember When that Douchebag Drop Kicked Arnold Schwarzenegger At Event in South Africa, 29 Darn Fine Memes That Arrived in the Nick of Time, 32 Expensive Fails That Ruined Someone's Day, 29 Awesome Randoms For Your Ocular Enjoyment, Monday Morning Randomness: 63 Pics, Memes, and Everything in Between. For more information, please see our The car turned to the right, directly into the wall. Both Kevin Cogan and Rick Mears set new single lap and 4-lap records in their attempts. \"Ilove you (and) Im praying for you!\"Im so sorry friend,\" TV personality and singer Tamar Braxton commented.\"Condolences brother,\"singer CeeLo Green wrote.This isnt the first time Smiley has opened up about hard times in his family life. This content was originally posted by a Car Throttle user on our Community platform and was not commissioned or created by the CT editorial team. In 35 Years, IndyCar has turned an unsurvivable accident into only a broken pelvis and a fractured hip, while still gaining 30 mph around the track. People crashed, people survived. The Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve died there when his Ferrari crashed. Last sunset 9/10/2001 - Twin Towers. 1M views 16 years ago Gordon Smiley is killed in a practice crash during the qualifyings warmup lap for the Indy 500 1982. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The Decapitated heads of guillotine victims continued moving for up to 30 seconds after death. Gordon Smiley fatal Indy 500 Crash @ Indianapolis 1982 andromeda78f 349 subscribers Subscribe 2.6K Save 354K views 14 years ago Notice Age-restricted video (based on Community Guidelines). Originally posted by David M. Kane Perhaps someone more knowledgeable on ground effects can explain why once that car turn to towards the wall there was little physically he could to change its direction again because of the tremendous downforce. There was nothing else except shattered bits, a bit of gearbox, a bit of a wheel, not even a seat.