8 Years Ago Today...

[Eric 0]

...we lost Greg Moore

[Grabthaw the Hammerslayer 4]

Blimey, that long??? And that was one of the most horrible accidents broadcast (apart from Gilles Villeneuve's fatal accident).

He was certainly a talented driver.

[Eric 0]

Blimey, that long??? And that was one of the most horrible accidents broadcast (apart from Gilles Villeneuve's fatal accident).

He was certainly a talented driver.

Yeah mate...eight whole years...wow...hard to believe I was only 16 when that happened.

Indeed he was, my favorite driver by far in CART. I didn't watch for a few years after that; it just wasn't the same.

[Grabthaw the Hammerslayer 4]

Was that the same year when there was another fatal accident at the corkscrew in Laguna Seca.... Rodriguez?? That was a weird accident.

[Grabthaw the Hammerslayer 4]

I didn't watch for a few years after that; it just wasn't the same.

Well there's always Paul Tracy for entertainment value

(not for his driving skills, necessarily )

[aussief1 4]

RIP Greg

Was that the same year when there was another fatal accident at the corkscrew in Laguna Seca.... Rodriguez?? That was a weird accident.

Yes Rodriguez pasted in September of 1999

Thank God for the HANS device which has gone some way to making our dangerous sport a little safer.

[Eric 0]

Yeah, PT's pretty fun...I'm a Hinch fan myself...hoping for a Hinch/Tracy Forsythe team like the one that's rumored.

Thank God for the HANS device which has gone some way to making our dangerous sport a little safer.

Indeed, though a HANS would not have saved Greg as his head would've smacked the wall regardless.

[aussief1 4]

Indeed, though a HANS would not have saved Greg as his head would've smacked the wall regardless.

Yeah I remember reading that.

A couple of months ago I was sorting out some of my old F1 racing mags and placing them in year groups and I came across a program for the Surfers Paradise CART race with Greg Moore on the cover, I sat and reflected for a minute in his honour.

[Bro. 0]

Its Really Really sad when a young driver with such a Promising future is cut short.

Motor Racing is dangerous and sometimes we take the safety for granted.

[shampion 0]

Yeah...

I remember watching it on the tube...

a real likable guy too

.... another said day for all racing fans

[Eric 0]

For a Greg Moore tribute...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IZbzk40qc7Y

The remaining 8-ish parts should be in related videos.

[Yoda McFly 1]

Just a quick comment in agreement that I seriously doubt that Moore would have survived, even with HANS.

Rodriguez was officially the most bizarre fatality I've ever seen...

While we're at it, spare a thought for Jeff Krosnoff ... He was more like 11 years ago ( '96, I think, I know it was on the back stretch at Toronto)...

Those three were the last fatalities in CART. Hopefully, CCWS will never have one.

[Eric 0]

Those three were the last fatalities in CART. Hopefully, CCWS will never have one.

Legge's crash at Road America leads me to believe there's a great level of safety...DP01's iffy in slow-speed crashes, but at least those don't result in fatality...kinks will be worked out by 08 I'd say.