Puma23 27 Posted January 19, 2010 Look at: http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/01/...ewskiego-video/ It is terrible !!!! ***Mod Note: Please be clear that this link is NOT for the faint hearted and should only be viewed after taking this into account*** Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grachan 7,314 Posted January 19, 2010 Good God! That is unbelievable. People say that nowadays things are too Health and Safety concious, but how on Earth could you be allowed to have a concrete stairway actually jutting out on onto a speedway track like that? If that wasn't an accident waiting to happen then I don't know what is! What happened to the stadium after that? Does anyone know? Was it allowed to stay open? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
falkirkbandit 89 Posted January 19, 2010 My god, thats awful Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Fantasma Jinete 0 Posted January 19, 2010 Jesus that is just shocking! Even in those days surely someone must have realised that it was a death waiting to happen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,912 Posted January 19, 2010 Jeez,doesn't look like there was even an attempt to fence the stairway off or cushion it.Was it just a stadium used for a one-off meeting?Even if,that is absolutely unbelievable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Butler 0 Posted January 19, 2010 Incredible - absolutely beyond belief! Didn't the rider know the stairs were there? Did he not walk the track before the meeting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted January 19, 2010 (edited) There were several tracks like this operating in Eastern Europe before and after WW2. In the main they were really athletics tracks with speedway just an added event at them, probably once or twice during the season. I believe they were especially in use at one time in Austria. Edited January 19, 2010 by speedyguy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zonkers 7 Posted January 19, 2010 Truly shocking..... English translation..... http://www.astasports.com/motorcycle-racin...e-racing-crash/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeilWatson 1,988 Posted January 19, 2010 That made me feel physically sick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben91 1,743 Posted January 19, 2010 Even in the 50's how can you let that happen Raniszewski seems to just disappear on impact and having watched the video in slow motion, I may be wrong but it looks like a large amount of blood on the wall behind which wasn't there before the crash... absolutely horrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano 1,318 Posted January 19, 2010 http://www.raniszewski.com.pl/ RIP my friend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WembleyLion 411 Posted January 19, 2010 I find it difficult to take on board what I've just seen - it was truly shocking. RIP Zbigniew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) Good God! That is unbelievable. People say that nowadays things are too Health and Safety concious, but how on Earth could you be allowed to have a concrete stairway actually jutting out on onto a speedway track like that? If that wasn't an accident waiting to happen then I don't know what is! What happened to the stadium after that? Does anyone know? Was it allowed to stay open? Tragedy indeed. But we are only viewing the accident site straight on - is there a perspective of it looking down the straights so that we can guage how wide the track was from its inner edge to where the staircase was situated. How wide was the track? I have an idea that this may have been an international event - possibly world championship qualifying - and would besides Austrian recognition of the venue would also probabkly have been FIM sanctioned. On a further cautionary note in regard to safety - is this the track where the Austrian star Fritz Dirtl was killed some years before? And Grachan - I am certain the stadium DID stay open. It was probably an athletics stadium adapted for use as needed to stage speedway meetings. Edited January 20, 2010 by speedyguy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nowonaR1 0 Posted January 20, 2010 Brief details of the meeting are here: http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/autvpol.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
britmet 233 Posted January 20, 2010 On a further cautionary note in regard to safety - is this the track where the Austrian star Fritz Dirtl was killed some years before? See match results: Dirtl was riding in this meeting, (plus our own Phil Bishop, as a Guest.) . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
