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Formula 1 - Greg Moores Fatal Wall Crash

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This is the wreck that took Greg Moore's life.

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Formula 1 - Greg Moores Fatal Wall Crash

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  • thegimpx2

    you are a complete idiot
    You can't possibly be sane and call someone's death funny,
    he may have died in a way I wish nobody to die in but at least he did what he loved doing until the end and even though I don't have a clue who he was, I’m a bit too young to have known him in 99, he deserves respect...

    Go and read further down what he achieved before dying in that accident only at the age of 24, an age you will soon reach.

    Now do me a favour and on your 24th birthday think that he has died at that age and see what you think of yourself.

    I know the guy (or girl, we never know) this message is intended to will never read it but anyway, I wanted to say what was on my mind...

    By touyets 1135043147 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Really sad...

    I was strongly following CART back then, and the sad thing about this crash is. Greg and gotten into an accident while riding his scooter in the paddock area on the Saturday before the race. He ended up breaking his right hand because of this.
    But since it was his last race for the Players team he got a cast placed on his hand and a dougnut placed on his steering wheel so he could turn the wheel. Since the venue was California motor speed way, which is superspeedway oval there would not have been so much turning involved so he raced anyway.

    Whether or not that was the cause of the accident is undetermined. He was coming out of turn 2 and the car lost control and shot straight into the infield. That crash and Zanardi's crash are the two worst I have ever seen.

    By drwild 1143941373 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • How?

    What excatly killed the driver?
    Was it Head Trauma after hitting the tyre wall or was it form the amount of G-force his body took?

    RIP Greg

    By Hairy Goggles 1155925109 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • f1@fans.com

    not formula 1

    it's USA CART(Champcar) race

    By computer1 1144130840 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • wow!

    i thought f1 cars were very strong but ater that im not so sure

    By plokijuy 1143283700 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • F1???

      This is NOT Formula One... This was CART, or CHAMP CAR racing... F1 is completely different... The cars are incredibly safe... This was an accident that NO ONE would have survived in ANY race series... RIP, Greg.. You are missed...

      ICT

      By IndyCarTimm 1149480824 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • GET IT FLIPPING RIGHT

      the guy dies, and you can't even credit the rigth racing series. he died in champ cars

      By speeddemon92 1143338685 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Cant see him

    Where the hell is the driver? i dont see anyone driving this car. Was he thrown from the cockpit before the clip starts? The Gilles Villeneuve Fatal F1 crash is a hell of alot worse than this

    By solo187 1140997518 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • What a mess

    I wonder at what point?

    By dancetothemusic 1136859450 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Awesome, great, fantastic crash

    If the guy walked away unhurt, everybody would've raved about how awesome, great, fantastic, blah-blah-blah the crash was. How does the fact that he died change any of the spectator value of the crash?

    By copyright 1136485793 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • RIP Greg

    By TedNes 1136152312 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • rest in peace man .....:(

    :(

    By PeterDuck 1133682645 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • RIP

    I'm from Australia, so I've never heard of Greg...but it is very sad.

    RIP

    By Cise 1133580922 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Not a Fomula One

    Sorry, but it's not a F1 car; well a CART-Indy.
    But it's terrible, Oh my God.

    By Peacefull boy 1132847156 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • no comment...

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    By nasik_lemak78 1132642376 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • CART only

    Being Canadian myself, I followed Greg's successes from his very inception into CART from Indy Lites. I saw him race at Indy, Michigan and Toronto many times and was watching with my son that fateful halloween day in '99. A
    damn shame on so many different levels. But to set the record straight he was with the Players Forsyth team when it happened, although it was the last race of the year and he had signed on to go to Team Penske the following year with Gil DeFerran; he was bound for glory on that team (Helio Castronevez wound up replacing Greg there and went on to win two Indy 500's). Greg never raced in F-1.

    By Laszlo 1132636969 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Tragedy

    Greg Moore was a great race car driver. I saw him run at Indy during the IROC series. He drove in the CART series mainly though.
    GREAT DRIVER!!

    By jonesy 1132609981 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Sad Day

    It was a sad day when Greg Moore was killed. The wall that he hit is well off the racing surface, I was watching the race on TV when this happened. He went off the track and slid across the grass quite a distance before hitting that inner wall. I do not belive Greg ever ran a Formula 1 car in his career, I'm pretty sure he went through the Go-Kart, Formula 1600 series,USAC Formula 2000, Indy Lites, and then Indy cars, no F1 ever.

    By Tank Murphy 1132589286 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • very sad

    WHAT A TRAGEDY TO LOSE HIS LIFE SO YOUNG , BUT I GUESS HE LEFT THIS WORLD DOING THE ONE THING HE LOVED SO MUCH...GOD BLESS U GREG MOORE...RIP

    By gypsie 1132572150 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Murder

      Why would any one put up a concrete wall at a right angle in a race way so as its just waiting for some to come along and kill themself,seems management should be given a RAH RAH for this blunder

      By Lady K 1132576519 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Formula 1?

    Poor guy......but this is not Formula 1, is it?

    By Cachi 1132436944 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Actually you are correct this car was an...

      Even though Greg Moore did race some Formula 1 races, he mainly raced the IRL circut(Indy Racing League). This wreck was in one of Roger Penski's Indy cars at Fontana, Ca on Oct 31st, 1999. He was 24 years old.

      By Rowdycat2 1132441929 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • get the facts right!

      This is completely wrong on both counts. Greg Moore raced in ChampCar (NOT the IRL) and he never raced - or even took part in - Formula One.

      By Pixelicity 1133891247 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • OK your right lets get the facts straigh...

      Greg started racing karts at the age of 10, winning the North American Enduro Championship 4 years later in 1989 and agin in 1990. Greg then started racing Formula Ford cars in 1991. The following year he was named the ESSO Protec Formula Ford 1600 rookie of the year after winning one race and placing 4th in the overall championship. In 1992 greg won 4 races and 4 pole positions and was the Formula 2000 West Champion and Rookie of the year. In 1993 Greg began racing in the Indy Lights circut. He placed 9th in the 1993 Indy Lights Championship. At the age of 18, Greg became the youngest driver to ever win a CART sanctioned race win he won the 1994 Indy Lights season opener in Phoenix. Greg won 3 Lights races and finished 3rd in the championship in 1994. Greg then joined Jerry Forsythe's Players team and won the 1995 Indy Light's Championship in a record setting season with him winning 10 of 12 races and 5 races in a row.

      By Rowdycat2 1133962687 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Continue

      At the age of 20 Greg graduated to Indy cars. In his rookie season he made a 2nd place at Nazareth, 3rd place at Cleveland and 4th place at Toronto. Greg became the youngest driver in Indy Car Racing history to win a race when he won at Milwaukee in June of 1997 at the age of 22. He won again the very next week in Detroit. In 1998 Greg won at Rio De Janeiro and took the US 500 at Michigan. He finished the 1998 season 5th in overall points. He won the season opener at Homestead Miami,FL Speedway and led the Championship after the first 3 races. In 1999 he signed a deal with Roger Penske to drive for them in 2000-2002. Greg moore was killed on Oct 31,1999 at a race in Fontana, CA. Greg was 24 years old.

      Career Highlights
      Started 72 CART Indy car races
      Won 5 Indy car races
      Youngest driver In history of Indy car racing to win a Indy race at the age of 22
      Won the 1998 US 500 at Michigan
      12 other podium finishes(2nd or 3rd)
      Tied for 9th place for overall wins in CART history

      By Rowdycat2 1133964399 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Greg Moore

      Greg Moore never raced in Formula 1. When this accident happenned he was racing in CART which is now ChampCar. He was racing for Forsthye Racing. This was the last race of the season and he was going to race for Penske the following hear. Helio Castoneveas took his spot on the team.

      By SWylie 1132633246 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • RIP

    i think anyone who compares deaths and accidents to which one is better or worse is completely stupid. any accident if someone dies theyre all the same. i dont know much about greg moore i just found this site looking for information for a biography.. but from what ive learned greg was way to young to have lost his life. although he died doing something that he loved. i saw this video and its crazy. my brother races and i couldnt imagine what greg's family , friends, and everyone who knew him had to go through. to see that car fall into so many pieces is insane. just to think of being there makes you cringe. so anyone who wants to rate accidents and tragedies are complete idiots.

    By P2 1148744471 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • RIP Greg

    Can't believe I found people actually finding this entertaining. Greg's death, and many others like it, while "part of our sport" should hardly be shown as a small clippet where people don't fully understand what happened.

    As for the ONLY IN AMERICA comment, I think the fellow was referring to someone saying HA HA HILARIOUS, as opposed to chastizing Americans sports, etc. It was in reference to someone's ill-placed comment on the video.

    By TedNes 1136152456 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • R.I.P Greg Moore R.I.P

    1st. This is not f1 it is INDY CART
    2nd. that accident is horrible and i think that should notbe posted because the dude is not even in the cockpit and i wonder how a little kid would react if they saw it?

    By paul24333333 1135978294 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • little kids seeing a death video

      Eh ah oh . parents: Know what your kids are looking at on the internet. because somebody cannot control their kid doesn't mean we (adults) cannot see these videos.

      By steveward3928 1230351646 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • post

    please don't post any sick videos like that where we assists to somebody's death... thx

    By touyets 1135302508 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • anti-posts.

      Tired of people coming into sites like these and comlaining asking people not to post "sick videos". you punched the keys on the keyboard. Do not watch it..you can tell what it is going to be about. Better yet, stay on at disney.com. this is real life. these drivers knew the risks.

      By steveward3928 1230351426 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • What the

    Why the hell would u show ppl that. Little kids could just have seen his death. And he didnt drive an F1.

    By wsd 1132960825 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
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