Yesterday I wrote about the most dangerous racetracks in the world which you can check out here. These race tracks between them have hundres and hundreds of deaths and aren't for the feint hearted. Today I present the final three tracks which are the three most dangerous and deadliest across the world. Can you guess what they might be?
3. The Dakar
The Dakar was originally run from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal but due to security concerns, was held in South America and recently in Saudi Arabia. The off-road rallying endurance event has stages of up to 900 kilometres (560 miles) per day and there are different events in the rally across bikes, cars, trucks, quads and lightweight vehicle classes. The race covers 8,375 kilometres (5,203 miles) across two weeks in desert conditions and terrains that are among the toughest to navigate on earth.
There's been a driver death almost every year on average since it's began. The races founder Thierry Sabine is among the 76 people who have died, Sabine involved in a helicopter crash during a sandstorm. The rally has drawn criticism from the Vatican Paper for its high death count with the official death toll not even taking into account innocent bystanders who have been killed during the event. The most recent death occurred in 2022 when a mechanic driving an assistant car crashed into a local truck in Saudi Arabia.
2. Nurburgring Nordschilfe, Germany
The Nurburgring is arguably the most famous race track in the world. Built around the village and medieval castle of Nurburg, there are multiple configurations of the track with the most challenging the Nordschleife "North loop" setup which is 20.830 km (12.943 mi) long and has an elevation change of 300 metres (1,000 feet) from it's lowest to highest point. A trip to the Nurburgring is somewhat of a pilgrimage for race car lovers, and it's considered one of the most challenging tracks in the world because of it's turns, dips and sudden twists.
There are around 2 million visitors per year to the track and there are anywhere between 3 and 12 deaths a year as a result of accidents. There's been a total of 69 deaths involving competitors at the Nurburgring with Wolf Silvester the most recent in 2013, driving an Opel Astra OPC in competition. In 2015 a spectator was killed when a Nissan GT-R hit a tire barrier and went over a safety fence landing in the spectator area.
1. Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
The Isle of Man TT is an annual motorcycle event and is the most dangerous track race in the world. The first event was held in 1907 with the track running along a public road course on the island of just over 85,000 people. The track itself is three times longer than the Nürburgring at 60.721 km (37.730 mi) long spanning across more than 260 corners. Riders play with death as they reach speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph) across the skinny public roads of the Isle of Man.
In competition there have been 260 deaths since 1911 making the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course the most dangerous track in the world. In 2005 alone, 11 people died over just two race events. It's almost manic to consider that a mistake could result in a rider ending up in someones house, a tree, telephone pole, a stone wall or even into one of the 45,000 spectators that visit across the fortnight of the event. Certain corners have had air-fencing introduced in attempts to make it safer but there's no doubt that the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course is the most dangerous racetracks in the world.
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