Kas: You are correct, Salt Walther did live through the crash; his car is the
number 77 in your last picture with the drivers legs hanging out. He did try
the 500 again numerous times, but never did well. I was thinking of the
"other" crash in the '73 500...Swede Savage's. He crashed after the race was
restarted, hitting the wall in I believe turn four and the entrance to the
pits There was little left of the car, and as I thought with Walther, I think
he remained in a coma for a month. I think they call that the "Black 500"
-Ed-
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, Kas Kastner <kaskas@cox.net> wrote:
From: Kas Kastner <kaskas@cox.net>
Subject: Re: Memories
To: edwardbarnard@prodigy.net
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 5:07 PM
I think you are wrong about Walther.
----- Original Message -----
From: EDWARD BARNARD
To: kas kastner
Cc: FOT
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 2:29 PM
Subject: Memories
Kas: Really great photos of that situation. I do believe Salt passed away a
month later though. I don't know if he ever regained conciousness.
Below is a link to the story from J.R. about Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald.
Just reading it makes you believe in luck. Did you know Dave M. while he was
running sporty cars? If I remember correctly he was a Vette, Cobra guy and ran
for the Shelby team. I think at LeMans too?
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/columns/0306_johnny_rutherford/index.ht
ml
-Ed-
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