Thread: British Saloon Car Championship 1973 - Silverstone GP
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Old 10 Mar 2019, 14:22 (Ref:3889455)   #8
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Originally Posted by Mike Harte View Post
You have to take into account that the banks and/or armco type barriers were considerably closer to the track back then. With the type of incident that is being discussed here, if a car hit the barrier/bank, there was a likelihood of you arriving back onto the live track far quicker than on today's circuits.
Probably a better explanation than "the mini was driven back onto the circuit" especially if Brodie was right up the Capri's chuff !
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