Hero: David Purley
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If anybody hasn't seen the remains of the tub of his LEC F1 car which he crashed at Silverstone in 1977 then I recommend it. Viewable at Donington and quite astonishing to realise that he survived the apparently 170+g impact.
DP was a handy driver- not top drawer but quick enough to run in Grands Prix.
The biggest question- which has haunted me for 30 odd years - is how did DP know that Roger Williamson was trapped in his burning March,and how or why did all the other drivers continue to race in the belief, or self delusion , that Roger had escaped? What did they think DP was doing ?
DP was a handy driver- not top drawer but quick enough to run in Grands Prix.
The biggest question- which has haunted me for 30 odd years - is how did DP know that Roger Williamson was trapped in his burning March,and how or why did all the other drivers continue to race in the belief, or self delusion , that Roger had escaped? What did they think DP was doing ?
coppice said:
If anybody hasn't seen the remains of the tub of his LEC F1 car which he crashed at Silverstone in 1977 then I recommend it. Viewable at Donington and quite astonishing to realise that he survived the apparently 170+g impact.
DP was a handy driver- not top drawer but quick enough to run in Grands Prix.
The biggest question- which has haunted me for 30 odd years - is how did DP know that Roger Williamson was trapped in his burning March,and how or why did all the other drivers continue to race in the belief, or self delusion , that Roger had escaped? What did they think DP was doing ?
I may be incorrect, but when I visited the collection last year the Purley car was no longer at the museum. I'm sure they said the family had taken it back. I could be wrong of course!DP was a handy driver- not top drawer but quick enough to run in Grands Prix.
The biggest question- which has haunted me for 30 odd years - is how did DP know that Roger Williamson was trapped in his burning March,and how or why did all the other drivers continue to race in the belief, or self delusion , that Roger had escaped? What did they think DP was doing ?
Either way David Purley will always be a hero of mine.
Simon
Simon
coppice said:
The biggest question- which has haunted me for 30 odd years - is how did DP know that Roger Williamson was trapped in his burning March,and how or why did all the other drivers continue to race in the belief, or self delusion , that Roger had escaped? What did they think DP was doing ?
I believe that DP witnesses the accident and the car bursting into flames. That's how he knew Williamson was still in there. The other drivers saw a burning car with a bloke alongside and in the few moments they saw of it each time it looked like a driver trying to save his own car. They couldn't possibly know the truth.
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