The film's McKinley Speedway accident is similar to a real life disaster: the 1955 Circuit du Mans (Le Mans, France) Disaster, known for its 24 hour endurance races, in which a multi-car collision launched an engine block, hood, and other wreckage into a packed grand stand, killing 84 people in total. The deaths included spectators being cut in half by the flying hood "like a guillotine", the engine block crushing a swathe through the crowd; an explosion and fire also occurred, which added to the death toll.

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