TJ
27-10-2009, 09:42 PM
Alot of you will be thinking "who the fark is Greg Moore"
In the mid to late 90's indycar aka CART was flying high in america - the best open wheel racing in the world. Packed grids with a mixture of chasis's and engines from great names like lola/reynard/mercedes/toyota/honda, awesome racing, different tracks across several countries, and some great talents.
I was obsessed with CART - I starting from the 96 season I did not miss a race until its demise from tv about 3 years back. i would tape them then watch after school , and then stayed up once that part of my life was over.
Anyhow, back to those talents.
Greg Moore was one of them - at 24, he was in his 4th year of CART racing, and had become a proven winner and fast racer - so much so that the biggest racing team in the world outside of F1, Penske, had hired him for the 2000 season - that in itself was a indication of his true worth.
The final race of the season was held at Fontana raceway in California - a massive 2 mile oval which paved that way for massive speeds - around the 240 MPH mark - so nearly 380kmh or so.
The weekend started poorly for him - he was knocked off his scooter in the pits, injuring his hand. Despite the pain, he decided to race - after all the winner of the race got a 1 million dollar prize, a great way to end the season.
That was not to be, for much worse was to happen. On the third lap of the race, little known American Richie hearn spun coming out of turn 2 and hit the inside wall. A big hit , but he walked away.
After the restart, just 6 laps later, Greg Moore's career and life would be cut short :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tl-6oqN0i4
Massive speeds, massive force, never stood a chance.
So this Saturday will be the 10th passing of his death... amazing how time flies.
This was the "senna" of CART - it inspired massive changes in safety in the sport, and reminded everyone of the dark dangers of open wheel racing - CART had not a death before that for some time, just like F1. CART became the first sport to mandate the HANS device and along with Nascar, invested time and money into safer barrier systems for high speed tracks.
Along with guys like Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi and Jaun Pablo Montoya, he was one of my idols growing up.
Vale Greg Moore.
http://www.chogan.com/cart/images/moore-forsythe.jpg
http://www.theautochannel.com/callahan/99laguna/moore_papis01.jpg
In the mid to late 90's indycar aka CART was flying high in america - the best open wheel racing in the world. Packed grids with a mixture of chasis's and engines from great names like lola/reynard/mercedes/toyota/honda, awesome racing, different tracks across several countries, and some great talents.
I was obsessed with CART - I starting from the 96 season I did not miss a race until its demise from tv about 3 years back. i would tape them then watch after school , and then stayed up once that part of my life was over.
Anyhow, back to those talents.
Greg Moore was one of them - at 24, he was in his 4th year of CART racing, and had become a proven winner and fast racer - so much so that the biggest racing team in the world outside of F1, Penske, had hired him for the 2000 season - that in itself was a indication of his true worth.
The final race of the season was held at Fontana raceway in California - a massive 2 mile oval which paved that way for massive speeds - around the 240 MPH mark - so nearly 380kmh or so.
The weekend started poorly for him - he was knocked off his scooter in the pits, injuring his hand. Despite the pain, he decided to race - after all the winner of the race got a 1 million dollar prize, a great way to end the season.
That was not to be, for much worse was to happen. On the third lap of the race, little known American Richie hearn spun coming out of turn 2 and hit the inside wall. A big hit , but he walked away.
After the restart, just 6 laps later, Greg Moore's career and life would be cut short :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tl-6oqN0i4
Massive speeds, massive force, never stood a chance.
So this Saturday will be the 10th passing of his death... amazing how time flies.
This was the "senna" of CART - it inspired massive changes in safety in the sport, and reminded everyone of the dark dangers of open wheel racing - CART had not a death before that for some time, just like F1. CART became the first sport to mandate the HANS device and along with Nascar, invested time and money into safer barrier systems for high speed tracks.
Along with guys like Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi and Jaun Pablo Montoya, he was one of my idols growing up.
Vale Greg Moore.
http://www.chogan.com/cart/images/moore-forsythe.jpg
http://www.theautochannel.com/callahan/99laguna/moore_papis01.jpg