Swede Savage

David Earl "Swede" Savage Jr. (August 26, 1946 - July 2, 1973) was a driver from the United States. Most of his career was spent driving in USAC and TransAm events in North America, but he did enter the non-championship 1971 Questor Grand Prix in a Formula 5000 . In that race, his
throttle stuck open, causing a hard impact with a concrete wall. Savage suffered a severe head injury, but returned to racing the following season.
Savage was driving in the 1973 Indianapolis 500 when he lost control on a patch of oil, and had a huge accident when the car hit the wall almost head-on. Despite being engulfed in flames for a few seconds, Savage was conscious and joking with medical personnel on the way to the hospital. But 4 weeks later, Savage succumbed to complications of Hepatitis B (from a tainted transfusion) and lung failure (from breathing methanol fumes after the accident).
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Records===
Year	Entreat 	Team 	WDC Points 	WDC Pos. 	Report
 	Junor-Tarozzi Engineering	-Plymouth	Non-championship entry	Non-championship entry	Non-championship entry
*Italics only donate non-championship entreats.
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