48 Gordon Smiley involved in fatal wreck during 1982 Indy 500 qualifying
Gordon Smiley was killed early this afternoon when his race car veered directly into the wall during a practice lap before an attempt to qualify for the May 30 Indianapolis 500. Not long after.
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Gordon Eugene Smiley (April 20, 1946 - May 15, 1982) was an American race car driver who was killed in a single-car crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [1] He was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2000. SCCA and road racing career Driving his first race at age 19, Smiley was an accomplished road racer.
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After running in the top-5 for most of the 1981 Indy 500, Gordon Smiley was taken out in a crash on lap 142 when Smiley and Tony Bettenhausen Jr collided in.
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On May 15th, 1982, a cocky young driver named Gordon Smiley went out to qualify for the 1982 Indianapolis 500. Only a week after Gilles Villenueve's passing at Zolder, the world was worried about.
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Gordon Smiley is killed in a practice crash during the qualifyings warmup lap for the Indy 500 1982. He was countersteering a slide in turn 3 and put the car.
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Fatal Crash - Gordon Smiley, Indy 500 - 1982 2.6K 211 comments Best Add a Comment RGH81 • 2 yr. ago These photos are incredible. If you can keep track of the front two tyres (coz he's tangled in with them) you can see how brutal it got http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/cpdb/crashphotos_view.php?editid1=143 312 MyFace_UrAss_LetsGo • 2 yr. ago
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Smiley first competed at the Indy 500 in 1980, and then again in 1981. In 1982, Gordon was competing at the qualifiers for the Indy 500 when tragedy struck, according to This Day in Motor Sports History. Gordon Smiley's fatal accident Shutterstock On May 15, 1982, Gordon Smiley got ready for the qualifiers for the Indy 500.
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The last driver killed there to that point, Gordon Smiley in 1982, had snatched his steering wheel to the right, overcorrecting a spin to the left, coming off the backstretch into Turn 3. The car.
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In 1982, Gordon Smiley was tragically killed during qualifying at the Indy 500, and a scary smash-up involving French driver Sebastien Bourdais, who has also raced in Formula One, at last weekend.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Deaths 1982 Gordon Smiley. Fatality - May 15, 1982. Gordon Smiley - driver. Gordon Smiley qualified the Valvoline Phoenix/Cosworth. for the Patrick Racing team in 20th position for the 1980. Indy 500. His turbocharger blew on lap 47 to finish in 25th. Gordon Smiley qualified the Intermedics Wildcat.
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Gordon Smiley was an accomplished race car driver with a promising career ahead of him. He had competed in various racing events and showed great potential as he climbed up the rank. Smiley's passion for racing and his talent behind the wheel brought him to the prestigious Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he hoped to make a name for himself.
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Gordon Smiley raced in the Indianapolis 500 twice: in 1980 and 1981. Unfortunately, he was never able to compete in a third.. Smiley's death was the first at Indy since 1973, when Art Pollard.
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Gordon Eugene Smiley (April 20, 1946 - May 15, 1982) was an American race car driver who was killed in a single-car crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2000. Gordon Smiley. Nationality. American.
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"Still headed back home," he wrote, adding a smiley face emoji wearing a cowboy hat.. Because of Gordon's heavy volume of carries, any offer of playing time was minimal. Yet Green, who.
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Could it have really been worse than Gordon Smiley's '82 wreck? Smiley hit so hard that it almost seemed as if he had disappeared-- as if a car smacking a wall head-on at that speed was enough to drive a man to a completely different plane of existence. And that one happened on Pole Day in plain view of tens of thousands of people.