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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone
My UKM5 friend -
I saw Peter Revson drive the McLaren Can-Am car powered by an aluminum block 427 Chevy with Hilborn stack injectors at Riverside International Raceway (and his teammate Denny Hulme) in the late 60's.
Additionally, I saw Peter finish 5th driving a McLaren at the 1970 inaugural California 500 Indy Car race at Ontario Motor Speedway in SoCal.
Peter succumbed to a horrific shunt at Kyalami -
Revson was killed during a test session on 22 March 1974, before the 1974 South African Grand Prix in Kyalami. While driving the Shadow DN3, he suffered a front suspension failure and crashed heavily into the Armco barrier on the outside of "Barbecue Bend". The car stood on its nose, wrapped itself around the barrier and caught fire, and although safety workers and other drivers managed to pull Revson from the wreckage, he was already dead.
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Yes my friend,Revson's front suspension failure for no reason was almost certain the cause of the late Niki Lauda's fiery double impact crash at the Nurburgring two years later.