Drivers in WHEELCHAIR

[icef1mkd]

Could anyone please name me the drivers who ended up paralised in wheelchair, apart from Regazzoni, Zanardi or Phillipe Streiff?
please, I'm writing an article, browsing the net to find more data...but probably some of you guys knows more...

thank you

[joseff]

Jean-Pierre Jabouille?

[Monstrobolaxa]

Zanardi isn't paralised...he was just amputated and now has "titanium legs".

[WhiteBlue]

superman?

[flynfrog]

Alex Zarardi

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wXDQcFRY9I

[flynfrog]

sorry I missread that you were looking for other drivers.

I can't think of any famous drivers I know a couple of guys I used to race with that are messed up pretty bad

[Ray]

What about Sir Frank Williams? Or does it not count because it was a road accident?

[Rob W]

Zanardi isn't paralised...he was just amputated and now has "titanium legs".

What about the drummer from Def Leppard?

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[megz]

Well my Dad's not in a wheelchair but he IS missing one leg and still holds a national record in the competition class of Drag Racing here in New Zealand nice and relevant I think.

[Ciro Pabón]

We had a really short thread when Regazzoni died, perhaps you wish to take a look:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3714

Mr. Regazzoni had a racing club for disabled children: Clay Regazzoni Onlus, as I mentioned in that brief thread. Next April 27th they will hold the Gran Premio di Cadilana.

Mike Taylor, at Dream Racers has made robotic race toys for disabled children.

In Tocancipá, Colombia, we have one day devoted to disabled children. I've went there with my brother, who is disabled.

Carol Hollfelder (I've crossed some e-mails with her) and Lance Magin are proffessional racers and paraplegic. Here is what I found when I googled for him: http://www.dsusa.org/ChallMagarchive/Fa ... icles.html Magin was the first paraplegic to be licensed by NASCAR.

Daniel Reyes is the US representative of Guido Simplex, the factory that built Zanardi's equipment for racing. He owns RediAuto Sport, and probably know his share of disabled racers.

Carolynn Hoy, a british woman I met once briefly, has a project for Disabled Kart Racers, I couldn't find it.

[Carlos]

Article on Carolynn Hoy's Karting For The Diaabled
http://kartlink.com/2008/karting-for-th ... ting-show/

[Belatti]

Very interesting Carlos! Thanks!

Its a nice idea to adopt, since there are other sports where "Otherabled" (I don´t like the word disabled because to me it sounds like unabled) people can compete, like football, basketball, but never seen on motor-racing, except the cases of drivers wich suffered accidents, like Naninni, Zanardi or the Argentinian Adrian Hang.

[FW 21]

We had a really short thread when Regazzoni died, perhaps you wish to take a look:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3714

Mr. Regazzoni had a racing club for disabled children: Clay Regazzoni Onlus, as I mentioned in that brief thread. Next April 27th they will hold the Gran Premio di Cadilana.

Mike Taylor, at Dream Racers has made robotic race toys for disabled children.

In Tocancipá, Colombia, we have one day devoted to disabled children. I've went there with my brother, who is disabled.

Carol Hollfelder (I've crossed some e-mails with her) and Lance Magin are proffessional racers and paraplegic. Here is what I found when I googled for him: http://www.dsusa.org/ChallMagarchive/Fa ... icles.html Magin was the first paraplegic to be licensed by NASCAR.

Daniel Reyes is the US representative of Guido Simplex, the factory that built Zanardi's equipment for racing. He owns RediAuto Sport, and probably know his share of disabled racers.

Carolynn Hoy, a british woman I met once briefly, has a project for Disabled Kart Racers, I couldn't find it.

Wasnt there an IRL driver called Sam Schmidt who was paralysed?

[wesley123]

Wasnt there a motogp racer who crashed at suzuka in 2000 when he bumped over the kerbstones? The crash itself wasnt worse, but he cant use his legs anymore becasue he hit the kerbstone.