I grew up reading his articles but I never knew he raced! Please extend him my gratitude for the many well written columns that helped shape my young mind. I started my subscription in when I was 8 in 1990, and I waited for each issue to hit the mailbox with great anticipation. I still have them all in my file cabinet. I still think Car and Driver had the smartest writers and the best auto publication that existed at that time. Still enjoy it, but the Bedard, Yates, Csere years are by far my favorite. He has my respect and admiration.
Jackie was obviously erring on the side of caution with his comments but they ended up being wrong. What actually was needed was better cars, more safety features built into them, which is what happened, along with the HANS device, which has saved many lives by now, along with soft walls and carbon fiber, etc.
Jackie Stewart thought 200 mph was too fast. Only 11 years later in '95 the fastest qualifiers were 35 mph faster than that and it took a 225+ to even make it into the field.
![Indy 500 Crashes of the 1984 [Practice and Qualifying]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AAmJqtmxN8g/mqdefault.jpg)
I was in turn 2 Patrick is my cousin, got to the hospital before medics did. Wrote back page for “Car and Driver” magazine.
I grew up reading his articles but I never knew he raced! Please extend him my gratitude for the many well written columns that helped shape my young mind.
I started my subscription in when I was 8 in 1990, and I waited for each issue to hit the mailbox with great anticipation. I still have them all in my file cabinet.
I still think Car and Driver had the smartest writers and the best auto publication that existed at that time. Still enjoy it, but the Bedard, Yates, Csere years are by far my favorite. He has my respect and admiration.
Jackie was obviously erring on the side of caution with his comments but they ended up being wrong. What actually was needed was better cars, more safety features built into them, which is what happened, along with the HANS device, which has saved many lives by now, along with soft walls and carbon fiber, etc.
It's amazing how quick the rescue trucks got there. The crash wasn't over a second and they were right there. Unreal.
I saw that from my seat in turn 4
I was there too I was 13 I cried lol
Jackie Stewart thought 200 mph was too fast. Only 11 years later in '95 the fastest qualifiers were 35 mph faster than that and it took a 225+ to even make it into the field.
Loved Jackie's commentary. The man lived it, walked the walk and certainly knew this shit like no other.
Crazy he didnt suffer any serious injuries, I guess a concussion and memory loss are pretty bad but I mean all things considered...
This is why carbon fibre is crucial
In the last tumbles look at him stretched up then pulled back into the cockpit. Damn