70s Nurburgring carnage

[Lucky 7]

 

I’ve spent a lot of time watching Nurburgring crashes, but I’ve never seen a vintage compilation. Lots of 2002s both getting wrecked and sneaking past wrecks. There’s definitely an 1800 eating shit into the bushes too.😂
 

A few safety lessons to be learned from the 70s:

 

1. Skip the seatbelt, you’ll just be thrown clear of the accident and walk away unharmed

 

2. A convertible beetle with no roll bar is best driven at high speed and full of passengers
 

3. Swing axles are the future, man

[gwb72tii]

thanks, very entertaining. people and crap flying everywhere.

[2002iii]

Notice only 2 BMW's flipped, almost all the VW beetle's went for a roll.

 

I like the 3 02's narrowly missing each other.

 

Apparently bell bottom pants were approved for racing, but no helmets.

[Dug Nichols]

Nor seatbelts. Yikes. 

I'd love to drive that some day... even better in a 2002 :)

[Tdh]

I’m not sure the girl at the 30 second mark made it. Yikes.

[Son of Marty]

That turn sure took a toll on theNSU's.

[Lucky 7]

Lots of Simcas on their roofs too. 
 

And why does it look like everybody hit Ralph’s before the ring?  There’s groceries flying everywhere. 

[bavariaboy]

Hey, Babe, do you think these headaches and short term memory lapses I have are from when I rolled the VW at the ring?  And by the way, I got lost driving home from work today, but I just drove around for a while and ended up on our street.  When did we have the house painted? Was it the VW or the 02, it's a bit foggy.

 

No spectators were harmed during the making of this video.

[JQ02]

On 4/5/2023 at 7:47 PM, 2002iii said:

Apparently bell bottom pants were approved for racing, but no helmets.

And neckties 😮

The lack of safety considerations and the carnage was horrifying. 

I came across this thread while trying to decide on whether to put a rollbar in my street car. I was pleased to see how well the roofs held up on rollovers. So maybe better to take my chances than risk banging my head on a rollbar in regular street driving 🤔

[conkitchen]

It's like back in the days of 70's NASCAR races. As a wee yooth sittin on the ole man's lap in his Lazy Boy, I watched just for the crashes and thought that was what the sport was about.  Good times! 

Edited May 20 by conkitchen

[Lucky 7]

Haha, I love this video.
 

I’ve been looking around and no luck, anybody know what the sporty green hatchback at 7:00 is?  The closest I can get is a Matra Bagheera, but I don’t think I’m right. 

 

That guy got real lucky😬

[HobieDog]

1 hour ago, JQ02 said:

 

I came across this thread while trying to decide on whether to put a rollbar in my street car. I was pleased to see how well the roofs held up on rollovers. 

 

I've been wondering the same thing about the bolt-in rollbars.  Imagine they are better than nothing and they're a bit more out of the way.

 

12 minutes ago, Lucky 7 said:

Haha, I love this video.
 

I’ve been looking around and no luck, anybody know what the sporty green hatchback at 7:00 is?  The closest I can get is a Matra Bagheera, but I don’t think I’m right. 

 

That guy got real lucky😬

Pretty sure that's an Alfa alfasud sprint. 

I think the luckiest was the group in the convertible beetle @ 2;26. 

[Son of Marty]

I think it maybe a Saab Sonett from the mid 70's

[Lucky 7]

The rear side window is wrong for that Saab, but cool car I’ve never seen before. I think the Alfasud is the winner. 

[JQ02]

44 minutes ago, HobieDog said:

Pretty sure that's an Alfa alfasud sprint. 

Yep. Alfa Sprint / Alfasud. You can see it in the grille. Took a little while to get the screengrab.

My initial thought was a Lancia Fulvia. That might be what it is, but I can't find any decent references that match up the center grille.

Edited May 20 by JQ02