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1. • • Formula One driver Mike Spence died from injuries sustained in a crash while testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 7, 1968. He was 31. Spence was testing a Lotus gas turbine car for a teammate when it shot out of control and into a wall at a 45-degree angle. The impact ripped off a wheel and tore his helmet from his head.
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     This week in 1968: F1 driver Mike Spence dies from injuries

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   How did Mike Spence die?

   • Mike Spence was fatally injured after a crash in turn one on May 7. A tire broke off his Lotus "Wedge" Turbine and struck him in the head. He died of his injuries a few hours after the accident after being taken to the hospital.

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   • Mike Spence’s potential was never truly realised, and his 1968 season – which could have been his breakout – ended in tragedy Mike Spence was a new man in 1968. Spells as Formula 1 team-mate to Jim Clark (at Lotus from 1963-65) and Jackie Stewart (at BRM in 1967) had shown him to be a model professional: capable, thoughtful and unassuming.

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   Who was Mike Spence?

   • Mike Spence was a new man in 1968. Spells as Formula 1 team-mate to Jim Clark (at Lotus from 1963-65) and Jackie Stewart (at BRM in 1967) had shown him to be a model professional: capable, thoughtful and unassuming. But he didn’t want to remain a ‘safe bet’ number two forever.

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   • Michael Henderson "Mike" Spence (30 December 1936, Croydon, Surrey – 7 May 1968, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 8 September 1963. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 27 championship points.

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   Nov 30, 2017 · Spence quickly got the car to a lap of 163 mph, but on his second lap he misjudged his entry to turn one and collided heavily with the concrete wall. The right-front wheel of the Lotus swiveled backwards into the cockpit and struck Spence on the helmet. Mike Spence died in the hospital later that evening at 9:45pm from massive head injuries.

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   Spence never regained consciousness. Physicians were preparing to operate when Spence died about four hours after the crash, of head injuries. Colin Chapman had lost two good friends: Jimmy Clark in April in the Formula II race at Hockenheim, Germany, and now, Mike Spence. Clark had planned to drive for

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   May 19, 2013 · Formula One driver Mike Spence died from injuries sustained in a crash while testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 7, 1968. He was 31. Spence was testing a Lotus gas turbine car...

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   May 10, 2018 · The right-front wheel, still attached by its track rod, had scribed a deadly arc and that colourful crash helmet, chin strap fastened still, crown smudged by rubber, lay on the track. Spence died in Methodist Hospital at 9.45pm and a distraught Chapman left his briefcase “with everything you need” and left for home.

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    Mike Spence was fatally injured after a crash in turn one on May 7. A tire broke off his Lotus "Wedge" Turbine and struck him in the head. He died of his injuries a few hours after the accident after being taken to the hospital.

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    Record updated 07-May-20. Mike Spence participated in 36 grands prix. He was killed in practice for the 1968 Indianapolis 500 when he crashed his Lotus 56 turbine car and was struck on the head by the right front wheel. Michael Henderson Spence was born in Croydon, Surrey, and lived in Maidenhead.