@Turbo60640: I see one of the other guys in the photo every Christmas.

John Muir, author of How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive; A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot.

If he hasn't been mentioned yet, I'd nominate Dr. Robert Hubbard of Michigan State University.

@Number_Six: A few years back I watched a few fatal F1 accidents on YouTube and I felt sort of the same way (some are even more horrific than these). But it does give you an appreciation for what these guys are doing, what is on the line and why a spectacular crash shouldn't be the exciting part of watching a race.

There is this guy named Bob Lutz, man if only he'd get some attention.

@dmoon: Massa's helmet.

What was most scary about Massa's head injury was the similarity in helmet damage to what killed Senna.

Max Mosely might be a sadist descended from Nazis, but I'll always respect that he skipped Senna's services to make sure somebody went to Ratzenberger's.

@sebastian_musclewhale: Yeah, the internets says they started using them in 1998, Senna died in 94.

Jesus, paying money to an employer for training? Maybe the car wasn't the issue here.

@rebelracer6: I was at Montreal when Kubica crashed, and I was sure he was dead. It's amazing both of them are still racing.

@Optixtruf: Senna's crash was famous not only because it killed the best driver in F1 at the time, but it was surrounded in weirdness.

Portago at the Mille Miglia. Killed 10 spectators, ended the race and nearly ruined Ferrari.

I heard Webber talk about the Le Mans crashes and he said the first time he sat there and saw the sky and the track over and over and knew it would be a bad crash. He said (if I remember right) that he thought "I can't die, my sister's just had a baby" and then he escaped uninjured.

Isn't the correct answer a Fiat on a Beetle pan with a rear mounted Chrysler Turbo?

The Budd XR400 was interesting, a supplier-built working concept.

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@sixt9coug: Good point!

Looks like something from a Michael Bay movie.