Talk:Swede Savage

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[edit] Cause of Death

From http://www.geocities.com/johnsonindy500/indy500/speedwaydeaths.html

After two days of rain delays, the race was held Wednesday May 30. On his 58th lap, just after a pit stop, Savage lost control coming out of turn four and hit the inside wall. The car was demolished and caught fire, burning the full fuel load of nearly 75 gallons. Savage was taken to the hospital with relatively minor injuries but serious burns. He died of pneumonia in the hospital 33 days later on July 2.

-- Mycroft.Holmes 03:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

From http://www.accuracyproject.org/cbe-Savage,Swede.html

Date, place and cause of death: July 2nd, 1973, at 9:40 a.m., Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. (Kidney failure and pneumonia as a result of injuries sustained in a crash at the Indy 500)

--Mycroft.Holmes 03:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

From http://www.oldracingcars.com/bydriver/watn.asp?letter=S&Category=Indy500starts

Gravely injured in the 1973 Indy 500, when he lost control of his car & it disintegrated into flames & fibre, "Swede" passed away about a month later, from pneumonia, after his kidneys failed.

--Mycroft.Holmes 03:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Video

I hadn't seen video of the accident since I saw it on TV in 1973. I'd forgotten how violent the impact was.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bHQ8Hi0A_fY

--Mycroft.Holmes 03:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC)