Inside Motorsports Vol. 1 2018/Q1 - Part I | Page 10

A f at al coincidence: Tom Pr yce
A dist ur bing accident
I n 1977, at t he Kyal ami ci r cui t , Tom Pr yce
suf f er ed a bi zar r e acci dent : he r an over a
f i r e mar shal who's f i r e ext i ngui sher hi t
Pr yce r i ght
i n hi s head...He di ed
i mmedi at el y, and made cont act wi t h
anot her car appr oachi ng t ur n 1...The cr owd
was
shocked,
despi t e
t he
hel met
devel opment s, he had no chance agai nst t he
f i r e ext i ngui sher .! How t hi s acci dent was
possi bl e? Ther e was no saf et y car back i n
t hen, mar shal s ar ound t he t r ack wer e not
as pr of essi onal as t hey ar e t oday and
hel met s wer e much weaker t han nowadays.
Despi t e al l of t hi s, We saw a si mi l ar l y
bi zar r e acci dent not l ong ago, but l et 's
t al k about i t l at er .