AUTOWEEK
September 10, 1990

The semi-blockbuster film Days of Thunder took a lot of heat this summer... In short, critics mentioned that the simulated racing action didn't exactly mirror the real thing... "real racing just ain't like that" the critics all said.... Memo to said .... Tell that to ... those who witnessed what was very probably the wildest, craziest Camel GT race in the history of the planet.

Probably the luckiest, too. Seeing a show Ruggero Melgrati survived one of the worst-looking crashes these eyes have ever seen, a crash so lurid that not even Hollywood would stop to use it... In truth, Melgrati's good fortune was a miracle ....