Original 1973 Formula 1 Zandvoort Holland Poster Program ticket & train ticket

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Extremely rare original poster from the 1973 Grand Prix in Zandvoort Holland. This poster is new to the market. It has been in storage since the seventies. This race was won by Jackie stewart but most famous for the tragic accident in which Roger Williamson died. Underneath you can read about the tragic way this happened. This is a promotional poster which was used to advertise the race so not for sale to the public. Hence it's large size . It measures 81.5 x 120 cm (32.2" x 47.2") . Most grand prix posters offered are half this size. The poster does show signs of age. It has damage on the sides and corners.It has pinholes, folds and creases but still very presentable and perfect to restore and or frame. Design by the well known formula 1 Grand Prix racing artist Michael Turner. This poster is a lot rarer than many posters of earlier grand prix races. I believe this poster is the only one of it's kind for sale at this moment in the whole world. Second in this lot is original 42 pages
program which is in very good condition. And last but not least the original ticket from the race and train ticket to the race which mentions it's a special Grand Prix
train ticket. A very rare piece.
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Tragic accident of Roger Williamson at 1973 Zandvoort Grand Prix
On the 8th lap of the race through the high speed esses near the Tunnel Oost (East Tunnel) right-hand corner, a suspected tyre failure caused Williamson's car to pitch into the barriers at high speed, and be catapulted 300 yards (275 m) across the track, eventually coming to rest upside down against the barriers on the other side. The petrol tank had ignited whilst being scraped along the track, and the car caught fire. Williamson had not been seriously injured by the impact, but was trapped in the car. The race was not stopped and continued with a local yellow at the scene, a fact which would become significant over the next few minutes.
Fellow driver David Purley, who witnessed Williamson's impact, almost immediately pulled his car over on the opposite side of the track, then ran across the live racetrack to assist him. Williamson was heard shouting to Purley to get him out of the car as Purley tried in vain to turn the car upright. There appeared to have been ample time to right the car and pull Williamson out, but as desperately as he tried, Purley was unable to do it by himself, and the marshals, who were not wearing flame retardant overalls, were unable to help due to the intense heat.
Race control assumed that it was Purley's car that had crashed and that the driver had escaped unharmed. Many drivers who saw Purley waving them down to stop assumed that he was trying to put a fire out from his own car, having safely exited it, and thus did not know that a second driver had been involved. As a result the race continued at full pace while Purley desperately tried to save the life of Williamson.
There was only a single fire extinguisher in the area, and it was not enough to put out the fire. With the car still burning upside-down, the situation became hopeless, and the distraught Purley was led away by a marshal. Some spectators, appalled at Williamson's plight, tried to breach the safety fences in order to assist Williamson, but were pushed back by track security staff with dogs.
With the race still on, it took some eight minutes for a fire truck to completely travel around the circuit with the flow of race traffic. By the time the car was eventually righted, and the fire extinguished, Williamson had died of asphyxiation
. A blanket was thrown over the burnt-out wreck with Williamson still inside, and the race carried on.
Purley was awarded the George Medal for his brave actions in trying to save his fellow sportsman. Williamson's remains were later cremated and his ashes transferred to an undisclosed location.
In an otherwise uneventful race, Jacky Stewart won his 26th career Grand Prix and broke Jim Clarck's 5-year old record of the most career Grand Prix victories.
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