Drag Strip Deaths

[Notch1320]

Here's another site that might seem a little morbid but it has a lot of information about the past:

Drag Strip Deaths - Home (webs.com)

 

[Cliff]

I looked up Lefty Mudersbach on another site like this once. Yes, it does seem morbid, but....

 

[Al]

I looked up Lefty Mudersbach on another site like this once. Yes, it does seem morbid, but....

I found this site several years ago. I found it useful when I wondered what happened to... But really good to see that there are very few recent additions. The sport is so much safer now.

 

[J. S.]

I read all the deaths in the 65-69 and 70-74 years and I was amazed how many drivers were killed in more or less "stock" cars (not so many dragsters, funny cars, etc as I would think) at relatively slow speeds, and how many were from the driver being thrown from the car as the car rolled 2-3-4 times. Looks like seats and seat belts were not nearly as good then as they were years later. Also, I noted how many drivers were in their late teens and early twenties, while later after reading about the deaths in the 2010-2020 years, how many drivers died that were in their 40's and 50's. Some even older.