HUGE CRASH Vintage Hillclimb - Collingrove - Amilcar Grand Sport

A huge thank you to everyone who donated towards my rehabilitation.
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Thankfully I've made a full recovery from this list of injuries:
Factured skull and facial bones
Fractured left scapular
Punctured lung
Fractured left 6-11 ribs
Grade 3 splenic injury
Left descending aorta intimal injury
Fractured L1-L4 transverse vertebrae
Fractured T4-T7 spinous vertebrae
Fractured right pelvis
Fractured laryngeal cartilage
Lip lacerations

[@mikehannant1]

Lucky to be alive... Hope your recovery goes well

[@Pablo668]

F*cking OOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!! That bloody looked like it hurt! Glad to hear you've recovered.

[@paulp96275]

Sir I hope you make a full recovery ,heal well and keep smiling even if it is painful have a great Christmas 👍👨🏻‍🏭🇬🇧

[@HaXD1209]

People back in the day have balls of steel to drive this and probably to help with downforce

[@mikemcgarry3553]

WHAT !!! ... and I thought i've wrecked before. F'kin'ell dude !!!

[@rdgSWwot]

Your Injuries pre-full recovery: Fractured skull & facial bones, Fractured left scapular, Punctured lung, Fractured left 6-11 ribs, Grade 3 splenic injury, Left descending aorta intimal injury, Fractured L1-L4 transverse vertebrae, Fractured T4-T7 spinous vertebrae, Fractured right pelvis, Fractured laryngeal cartilage, Lip lacerations. My Injuries (dirt track sprint car rollover SC late 1980's: Bruised pinky finger. Bent top wing. Fixed in 10 minutes. Back on track for an eventual 6th place finish. Glad you recovered and hope all is well in your world!

[@rcnelson]

Ave Maria caramba!

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

Dude your body saved the car from getting really banged up.

[@therealjuralumin3416]

I'm late to find this video, but just wanted to say how amazing it is that you not only survived, but fully recovered from this. The era of racing that these cars come from was one where death was ever-present. Curious if you've been back in the car since? I assume with a roll hoop and seatbelt now installed 😅

[@mattieb3152]

Holy crap! I watched this and though for absolute sure "this dude is dead".

[@Mash333]

Oh the magic and mystique of the days of olde.

[@GreenyAU]

Jeez it just landed straight on you, well I hope your recovery goes smooth and. I hope you do well man

[@denniscliff2071]

Vintage race car driver discovers the value of rollbars and race harnesses.

[@williamstevenson5534]

Love the saftey gear

[@dorothyholt6752]

Will never forget it.

[@billmansfield3168]

Why would they be driving like that without any roll bars or seatbelt at all

[@ronitsingh85]

holy crap, ad one more to your list of injurers, and you might have been dead, grateful you made it through!! damn, people back in the days would have seen a lot of these crashes with dead drivers as they drove HARD and FAST around the tracks.

[@dufus7396]

Quick and horrible control loss no chance just everything against him., ,sans rollbar, sans harness sans protective clothing. Thank god for the helmet. Hope hes ok recovering

[@graenicholls4657]

Oh, wow. you were literally the crumple zone for the car...

[@slickstrings]

No, he was not 'literally'. If he was 'literally' the crumple zone he would have actually been the physical crumple zone structure of the vehicle. Thats what literally means.

[@isthatujeebus]

​@@slickstrings first time on the internet?

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

@@isthatujeebus LOL. Brilliant.

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

@@slickstrings I think he meant figuratively but you got to let some stuff go. It will kill you in the end.

[@SkylarkCamperAdventures]

My god you were lucky!

[@rcnelson]

I was just wondering about that lack of a roll bar when....

[@thephilpott2194]

Double Ouch. Normally the result is fatal for the driver and paradoxically minor damage to the car.

[@paullacey2999]

Brutal...

[@Toby_the_Glen]

How are they allowed to compete with a roll over bar?

[@bradleyvantassal8328]

At least you padded the car from serious damage.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Wow, full on the head, it shows again how dangerous racing in those times was, the cars fared better than the drivers in a crash.

[@BrandonWillis-kf5zm]

Supercharged on those skinny tires

[@petergracemeguide1280]

Collingrove always requires respect and definitely an O shit moment . That blink of an eye and its against you.

That's gotta hurt.

[@andrewvitale7128]

I feel even though thay drive a vintage car roll cages should be mandatory!

[@rofufoja]

Even with how horrible this crash was, I like that it's up to the owner. Quite some like to keep the cars original. It should be their choice imo

[@remkojerphanion4686]

Damn!!!

[@julianlawrence-ball2279]

Wowzer it’s not often you get to see just how f##king dangerous those vintage racers are

[@Maceradaa]

I met him yesterday and he died in the crash

[@minbannister3625]

Too narrow track width and tyre contact patch the size of a half crown, high power to weight ratio and over you go,

[@pashakdescilly7517]

If you watch, the left wheels went off the tarmac, and dirt flies off the rear wheel. As the driver gets it under control, it comes back onto the rack sideways, the tyres snatch grip, and flip the car

[@minbannister3625]

@@pashakdescilly7517 I see that, also. look at the crown on the rear tyres they look like motorcycle 16s or 18s they don't like side load.

[@Fester_]

Alcohol would have possibly lessened the impacts.

[@WEAPONSFROMGAMES]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@Jeffery_Saulter]

RIP in piece

[@timothyproksch2915]

He will never be the same.

[@spencerphoto4830]

Look on the bright side, your body acted like an airbag protecting that lovely car from further damage.

[@macestillmace2514]

Your profile picture is very suiting.

[@jimmysando99]

Foreshadowing

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

Well, shit.

[@panpan7908]

Too, too dangerous to take part in.

[@blankpersonality5770]

this made my day

[@tweetingsparrow]

yowch

[@LOTPOR0402]

Surprising they are allowed to race those cars these days ,no cage no bucket seats and no harnesses .Safer with a motorcycle at the TT

[@dertagelohnervonkhorinis7053]

"Safer with a motorcycle at the TT" BS

[@bobmarshall3700]

This is EXACTLY why cars without roll cages/bars and full harnesses should not be allowed to compete. Historical vehicle, or no historical vehicle. Potential for death outweighs everything else!

[@MONTANAENTERPRISES1]

God was definitely with you there.