The Fastlane Trivia Quiz....Show us your knowledge! (PART 2)

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Bottom post of the previous page:

EB wrote: 3 years ago Maybe Murray simply meant "it wasn't the fire that killed him", which was true.
I must admit that is the way I read it.

My understanding is Paletti actually died from internal injuries.

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Michael Ferner wrote: 3 years ago Del McClure?
No, I’ll give a hint, it’s a team that’s still running in NASCAR Cup series today.
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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 3 years ago
EB wrote: 3 years ago Maybe Murray simply meant "it wasn't the fire that killed him", which was true.
I must admit that is the way I read it.

My understanding is Paletti actually died from internal injuries.
I once read he had suffered a ruptured aorta.
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erwin greven wrote: 3 years ago
Everso Biggyballies wrote: 3 years ago
EB wrote: 3 years ago Maybe Murray simply meant "it wasn't the fire that killed him", which was true.
I must admit that is the way I read it.

My understanding is Paletti actually died from internal injuries.
I once read he had suffered a ruptured aorta.
yes, and a torn diaphragm as well. I believe he in effect suffocated, unable to breathe and with his organs filled with blood. He was unconscious in the car before the car ignited.

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White six wrote: 3 years ago
Michael Ferner wrote: 3 years ago Are you perhaps thinking of Nelson Piquet, Brasil 1981? He famously started on slicks on a full wet track, slipped way back but recovered to be in the top ten again mid-race, before another rain shower washed away all his chances. I'm not sure, but he may have stayed with the slicks until the end, by which time he was several laps in arrears.
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Jones was laughing until reutemann didn't let him past for the win

Piquet did prosper mid race, up to 4th? But then the rain came down again. It's difficult to tell without a lap chart, it's possible he may just be unlapping himself from surer. He never changed strategy and like you say ended up looking like a chump after a few spins. A fairly ignominious home race . I guess it could have been different if it hadn't started pissing down again, but he should have known the local weather!

Did I see Jones make the same mistake with a premature stop for slicks at imola just a couple of races later? I haven't read the report yet. There's the unusual sight of a Theodore trying to get past a Williams
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Deserves a like tbf
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