The racing organization implemented significant changes the following year. Rich’s death was a wake-up call to NASCAR, which had experienced a similar pit road fatality at Atlanta 11 years earlier. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital and underwent surgery but died hours later. He was pinned between the two cars and suffered head and chest injuries. He suffered a broken arm and spent the night in the hospital. Tommy Cole, Bill Elliott’s jack man, was hit and sent flying. NASCAR implements pit road changes following death As Rudd attempted to brake, the rear wheels of his Chevrolet locked up, sending his car spinning out of control straight toward Elliott’s car. The second-place car of Ricky Rudd approached from behind headed toward its stall, located directly in front of Elliott’s. Mike Rich and the rest of Elliott’s pit crew went to work on the lead car. What happened next, the cameras captured, and the national television audience at home watched in horror. In the front of the pack, Bill Elliott darted down pit road, the television cameras trained on him as he pitted. With just over 30 laps remaining, the caution flag came out.
#DEATH RACE 2000 CAR SERIES#
Several weeks later at the Cup Series season finale in Atlanta, Bill Elliott appeared to have the best car of the day, leading 94 of the 328 laps of the Atlanta Journal 500. In 1990, the team had 12 top-five finishes, but victory remained elusive as it won its first and only race of the year at Dover in September. In 1989, Elliott endured injuries early in the season but still managed to finish sixth in the points.
#DEATH RACE 2000 CAR MOVIE#
$20,000 USD doesn’t seem like that much money for this extremely rare specialty movie car, especially if it works.RELATED: NASCAR Veteran Morgan Shepherd in Most Challenging Fight of His Lifeĭuring the 1988 season, Mike Rich was the right rear tire changer for a Bill Elliott team that won six times and, more impressively, captured the season series championship. Custom Death Race 2000 Corvette | T236 | Indy 2015 This car was formerly on display in a museum, and has been in the MY Garage Museum collection since 2002. This show-stopping head turner also features a reptilian-like “spiked spine,” intimidating “teeth” up front, Green diamond-pleated interior with wrapped steering wheel, unique wind screen and custom tail lights.
#DEATH RACE 2000 CAR MANUAL#
It follows the movie’s storyline of being built from a hodge-podge of vehicles, featuring an unusual combination of a Volkswagen chassis, Corvair air-cooled, dual carburetor power plant with a 3-speed manual transmission and Corvette-style body riding on custom wheels and BF Goodrich Radial T/A tires. This car was designed by James Powers and constructed by Dean Jefferies, with additional work performed by George Barris prior to completion. The cars were all designed with themes, including an alligator-look for Frankenstein’s mean green killing machine.Ĭurious whatever happened to the car, we Googled and learned it went from a display in a museum to a private collection in 2002 and ultimately auctioned off to another collector. The movie starred Sylvester Stallone as Machine Gun Joe and David Carradine as Frankenstein. Probably my most favorite car movie of the 70s was Roger Corman’s Death Race 2000.
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