Puma23 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Look at: http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/01/...ewskiego-video/ It is terrible !!!! ***Mod Note: Please be clear that this link is NOT for the faint hearted and should only be viewed after taking this into account*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Good God! That is unbelievable. People say that nowadays things are too Health and Safety concious, but how on Earth could you be allowed to have a concrete stairway actually jutting out on onto a speedway track like that? If that wasn't an accident waiting to happen then I don't know what is! What happened to the stadium after that? Does anyone know? Was it allowed to stay open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkbandit Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 My god, thats awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Fantasma Jinete Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Jesus that is just shocking! Even in those days surely someone must have realised that it was a death waiting to happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Jeez,doesn't look like there was even an attempt to fence the stairway off or cushion it.Was it just a stadium used for a one-off meeting?Even if,that is absolutely unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Butler Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Incredible - absolutely beyond belief! Didn't the rider know the stairs were there? Did he not walk the track before the meeting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 (edited) There were several tracks like this operating in Eastern Europe before and after WW2. In the main they were really athletics tracks with speedway just an added event at them, probably once or twice during the season. I believe they were especially in use at one time in Austria. Edited January 19, 2010 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonkers Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Truly shocking..... English translation..... http://www.astasports.com/motorcycle-racin...e-racing-crash/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWatson Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 That made me feel physically sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Even in the 50's how can you let that happen Raniszewski seems to just disappear on impact and having watched the video in slow motion, I may be wrong but it looks like a large amount of blood on the wall behind which wasn't there before the crash... absolutely horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 http://www.raniszewski.com.pl/ RIP my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WembleyLion Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I find it difficult to take on board what I've just seen - it was truly shocking. RIP Zbigniew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) Good God! That is unbelievable. People say that nowadays things are too Health and Safety concious, but how on Earth could you be allowed to have a concrete stairway actually jutting out on onto a speedway track like that? If that wasn't an accident waiting to happen then I don't know what is! What happened to the stadium after that? Does anyone know? Was it allowed to stay open? Tragedy indeed. But we are only viewing the accident site straight on - is there a perspective of it looking down the straights so that we can guage how wide the track was from its inner edge to where the staircase was situated. How wide was the track? I have an idea that this may have been an international event - possibly world championship qualifying - and would besides Austrian recognition of the venue would also probabkly have been FIM sanctioned. On a further cautionary note in regard to safety - is this the track where the Austrian star Fritz Dirtl was killed some years before? And Grachan - I am certain the stadium DID stay open. It was probably an athletics stadium adapted for use as needed to stage speedway meetings. Edited January 20, 2010 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowonaR1 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Brief details of the meeting are here: http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/autvpol.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmet Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 On a further cautionary note in regard to safety - is this the track where the Austrian star Fritz Dirtl was killed some years before? See match results: Dirtl was riding in this meeting, (plus our own Phil Bishop, as a Guest.) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 From the In Memorium site: RANISZEWSKI, Zbigniew (Bydgoszcz & Poland).........................April 21, 1956.............Vienna, Austria DIRTL, Fritz (Austria)......................................................................J une 10, 1956............Oberhausen, Germany (L-T) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 See match results: Dirtl was riding in this meeting, (plus our own Phil Bishop, as a Guest.) . Yes, I thought this was an FIM sanctioned meeting. That means the venue mst have met their standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) From the In Memorium site: RANISZEWSKI, Zbigniew (Bydgoszcz & Poland).........................April 21, 1956.............Vienna, Austria DIRTL, Fritz (Austria)......................................................................J une 10, 1956............Oberhausen, Germany (L-T) Thank you for clarifying the date and where Fritz Dirtl was fatally injured. Edited January 20, 2010 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thank you for clarifying the date and where Fritz Dirtl was fatally injured. http://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_2.html There is a bit here on him... just needs translating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Nick Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 http://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_2.html There is a bit here on him... just needs translating. Google translation Fritz Dirtl (1928 - 1956) Promising speedway rider M. Schneeweise student who died early in MS in Oberhausen. Besides the gold helmets, which went on special Schneeweise his mentor, won the title of champion of Austria, long and Short Track, was also successful in road races. What happened to the trophies are still not be detected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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