With dozens of open wheel racecars with way more horsepower than the suspension and tires of the day could possibly handle hurdling around short bullrings inches apart, disaster was never more than a split second away, and could happen to the best of them, as the aftermath of this grinding crash vividly demonstrates. The racing gods were not kind this particular evening. Due to a possible stuck throttle, Roddy Perry's Black Bandit was torn to pieces in the grinding crash that happened moments before this picture was taken. #71 obviously flipped and rolled far off of the racing surface into the pit area, hopefully no-one was injured. The violence of crash can be easily seen, the front end is torn to pieces, the headers are mangled, the carburetion was ripped off in this violent crash in the early 60’s. The wing is totally gone, scrub rails and bumpers are torn in half, and it appears that the frame itself is torn and twisted. The main role cage area looks like it held up well, the seat did not seem to move, and the bars were well padded, all which allowed the driver to continue to race and win.