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i love how unique and creative the modern car designs are. i remember watching ALMS on speed channel back in the day and i hated how all the prototypes looked identical, and not very attractive on their own. today IMSA looks like a parade of automotive artistry as much as a motor race; it's come a long way.

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Here’s another reason why Aussie and nz drivers do well on the American road courses. They have turned right a lot more than the Americans

As a Kiwi born in the 70’s I can remember watching bathurst in all of the 80’s Peter Brock was my idol. Me and my father would watch the whole race only eating and toileting int the brakes , but…… Now I think it’s a total joke and disgraceful how they still ride on the old prime days. It should have ended 7 years ago

Living in Kansas right next to Joplin Mo.... we have always heard Nascar wanted to build a track in Branson Mo. I doubt it ever happens. But then again who knows with the bass pro owner.

You can still see the scar on Google Maps of the proposed 1.5 mile track near Branson, MO. That's about as close as you can get to having a racetrack with nothing to show for it.

I was sitting in the stands at Thursday of the straight and turned around and saw a flash. I wasn't sure what had happened but I could see a driver prone in the middle of the track There was a woman in the Page&Moy tour who was sitting in the stand right where the accident happened. She was sure the driver was dead. I had a mate from Ohio (USA) who was cadging a lift on the coach (he had a press pass for paddock and track - but I've seen a video where he is in the pit lane) and he said Martin was alive.

Not the worst driver ejection crash ever as the thumd nail states. Villeneuve 1982 was ejected mid-air and thrown into the catch fencing where he died. The whole front end of the Ferrari came apart, and in the footage, you can see him flying through the airs at god knows what speed before hitting the ground and catch fencing. His car may not have hit the guard rail but it hit the ground hard enough to destroy the front of the car.

I loved the series ! Might even still have some on VHS tapes ! Learned my greatest racing lesson from a former driver of series ! Patience goes a long way ! Got to race James Hinchliffe at a indoor track and he still had his helmet from series . I kind of helped in into tires in 09 I think it was (?) For all my time in outdoor karting since 08 I have only recieved 1 contact penalty and rarely missed the podium ! Still to this day I can't believe I did something so stupid but always good to have a good story and glad learned a valuable lesson that paid off in long run !

Call me lame but I wanna see Lotus type cars to do endurance racing again, I wanna see Garage 56 experiment with medium power (300-400 horsepower) but with extremely lightweight bodies. with inline 4s or something like that idk I love 2010 lotus.

I stopped watching them when they moved them to Foxtel

Honestly, I couldn't tell you what would be worse in terms of racing crashes: getting in a crash that kills you; or getting in a crash you survive, but permanently ruins your racing career and/or life. I'm glad Martin survived his horrific crash, but I definitely feel bad that it pretty much ruined his racing career.

Thanks for such an appropriate tribute to a driver that was mostly know for that horrific crash.

I used to be a tar baby, now for racing action I'd rather go to the Speedway.

I remember this wreck I was just a kid listening to it on the radio

There were three people who I consider heroes of safety in F1. Jackie Stewart we all know. Prof Sid Watkins and Louis Stanley.

Sad to see this series failing. NASCAR needs to pay attention to this. I refuse yo subscribe to multiple stream platforms to watch the races. I hope the highlights on RUclips will still be allwed.

I remember this crash. I started watching F1 in 1984 and I was a big fan and watched virtually every race until the end of the 1996 season. I didn't know that he'd been racing against Roland Ratzenberger. As for Sid Watkins, he was brilliant. No wonder Ayrton Senna valued his friendship and opinion so much.

Martin Donnelly is one of the luckest men alive. And a talent that was stomped out too soon.

There's been a couple efforts to get a track going in Minnesota, they've never gotten past the discussion phase though.

Worst accident? Have a look at 1977 South African GP for the Tom Pryce collision with fire marshall at 170mph and you will think Donnelly's crash was a mere shunt.

Everyone talk about F1 champions but the greatest hero of this sport was definitely dr Sid Watkins 🙏

F1 got lucky there were np deaths from 1986 to 1994 at Imola. Some bad crashes i really dont know how he survived this one.

Horrible crash, but still not as bad as Von Trips at Monza, Bandini at Monaco, or Lauda's crash at the Nurburgring

Professor Sid!!. You imagine walking up to that mess? Sid went to work. RIP ....

Sleeper video...

I was that day in Jerez, in the hill between the two fast, long left corners between the Dry Sack back hairpin and the "stadium". From there, you could see, in the distance, the two fast fearsome rights where Donnelly crashed. When it happened, we became puzzled because we saw just half of the car and Donnelly was nowhere. In a low voice , several of us muttered some improbable possible explanations to that escene. In fact, we thought that something horribly gore had happened.

racetrack turned extra parking.

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Christ, i didn't know the thing with the machine. His father's unrelenting finger was literally the only thing between him and certain death

Yup. I did both the Richard Petty Driving Experience and the Supercar Experience (driving a Porsche 911).

He was an instructor for my dad and I at an Alfa Romeo event at Millbrook. Lovely guy and open to talking about it

Martin lives in the next village to mine, he signed a picture for me and wrote a letter! Great man!

Supercars as a brand are ruining Australian motorsport. The sooner the brand fails and dies and events like the Bathurst 12hr can be ran by an entity that actually has that formula's interest and improvement at heart. Only supercars as an organisation could turn the Bathurst 1000 into a snoozefest. Stick to nascar and Indycar US fans. Supercars are a rubbish organisation and should he the laughing stock of the international motorsport community.

Honestly this Horrific Crash doesn't get Talked about a lot in F1 and by F1 RUclipsrs

I was watching the Senna documentary on my most recent flight back home, and Donnelly’s crash was the most striking part of the film to me. It’s unfortunate that an evidently-talented driver like him never got the fair shake he deserved, but it’s nice that he managed to at least _somewhat_ recover from such a brutal incident.

2 words as to why its failing..... MARK SKAIFE.

Well, I wonder what the Toyota Super Bowl look like like isn’t it?

The 4th of July street race is a pretty cool thing but what if it was roving, a different city every year, city’s that don’t have a track , denver/boston/niagara falls .

The wec needs to come back to sebring.

Another track that failed was Houston Superspeedway. Was going to be an egg-shaped track similar to Darlington, but the front stretch was a D-shape. I even recall a track mod for it for NR2003, though I have no idea if it still exists nowadays.

V8 Supercars are dead! The Bathurst 12 hr is what I’ll be watching! Different manufacturers fighting it out makes it more interesting!

Loved the video. I'd never heard of this track before. Btw, what's the name of the music in the background?

You are incredibly misinformed on the Staten Island racetrack. The lie about only union workers had nothing to do with it. The people on Staten Island didn't want the track because there weren't race fans. And they didn't want the traffic and chaos it would have caused trying to get fans to the track over a bridge that always has traffic jams on it. Not to mention trying to get all the haulers to the Island would have been a nightmare for regular travelers. Staten Island was a France ego dream. He wanted to be in New York City, he wanted the skyline. They even proposed a great spot up in Middletown NY for the track and he stuck his nose up at it. There was never going to be a track in or near New York City. And now since running NASCAR into the ground they'll never afford to expand again.

Too many died at tests to call one "Most Infamous Test" for clickbait. McLaren, Depailler, others.

Eh I miss these point battles...

I think motorsport racing in general has suffered quite a bit so its understandeable that smaller series show this effect to a greater extend.

I stoped watching the V8 supercars when they introduced other manufactures like Nissan and Volvo. It made it worse when the Aus and NZ domestic market cars were no longer featured. Was a die hard fan watching every weekend until this happened.

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Win on Sunday sell on Monday Holden and Ford Australian made!!!