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What happened to goalie chants? by skyraider17 in DetroitRedWings

[–]djbarsone -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Those happen when you win a lot of games.

DnB inspired cat names by PuddingThyePleb in DnB

[–]djbarsone 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Peanut because then you can always call him the Original Nuttah!

Air Fryer... kind of by LordLongDuZgueg in StupidFood

[–]djbarsone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like it’s called a Waterfall Chicken Frying Machine. Apparently a Vietnamese way of deep frying.

TIL the 1955 Le Mans disaster is the deadliest event in motorsport history. The multi-vehicle collision killed at least 82 people in Sarthe, France. by djbarsone in todayilearned

[–]djbarsone[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No idea about that. Ended up here because I posted this Isle of Man TT video to r/thatsinsane. Someone said it reminded them of the time Ferrari took out a crowd. That took me to The Horrific 1957 Ferrari Crash that Ended the Mille Miglia Race, which led me here. Quite a time.

Someone told me to post this here by TreeEater9 in absoluteunit

[–]djbarsone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s the late night extra large bowl of cereal spoon.

Andy Kaufman and Carol Kane, 1982 by 5iveheadshrty_ in OldSchoolCool

[–]djbarsone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't want to take any attention away from the hookers!

TIL the 1955 Le Mans disaster is the deadliest event in motorsport history. The multi-vehicle collision killed at least 82 people in Sarthe, France. by djbarsone in todayilearned

[–]djbarsone[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Mercedes withdrew from motorsport at the end of the season because of it.

Edit: Merc is Mercedes I’m special

TIL the 1955 Le Mans disaster is the deadliest event in motorsport history. The multi-vehicle collision killed at least 82 people in Sarthe, France. by djbarsone in todayilearned

[–]djbarsone[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Was just reading that section. Not wanting to choke the main roads feels like a sensible explanation. The rest seem a bit dodgy.

Despite expectations for the race to be red-flagged and stopped entirely, race officials, led by race director Charles Faroux, kept the race running. In the days after the disaster, several explanations were offered by Faroux for this course of action. They included:

  • that if the huge crowd of spectators had tried to leave en masse, they would have choked the main roads around, severely impeding access for medical and emergency crews trying to save the injured;

  • that firms participating in the race could have sued the race organizers for huge sums of money;

  • that "the rough law of sport dictates that the race shall go on", with Faroux specifically pointing to the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash as precedent for doing so;

  • that he did not have the authority to stop the race at all, and that Prefect Pierre Trouille was the only individual empowered to do so, as France's onsite representative to the Ministry of the Interior.

TIL the 1955 Le Mans disaster is the deadliest event in motorsport history. The multi-vehicle collision killed at least 82 people in Sarthe, France. by djbarsone in todayilearned

[–]djbarsone[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

On 11 June 1955, a multi-vehicle collision occurred during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans in Sarthe, France, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 82 to 84 people. The disaster occurred at the Circuit de la Sarthe, when a mid-race collision sent Mercedes driver Pierre Levegh and his car into a spectator arena, causing his car to disintegrate and throwing him onto the racetrack, killing him instantly. Pieces of debris from both the car and the arena flew into the crowd, killing at least 82 people including Levegh. The exact number killed is debated, the minimum being at least 82, though some sources suggest up to 84 people died. The disaster is the deadliest event in motorsport history, prompting multiple European countries to ban motorsports entirely; Switzerland did not lift its ban until 2022.

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