I saw some folks chatting online about Swede Savage the other day, and it got me thinking, “Hey, I remember looking into that a while back!” So I dug up my old notes, and figured I’d share what I found about how this race car driver died.
So, first off, I went back and checked my browser history to find the stuff I’d read before. I mostly used search engines, nothing fancy. I typed in “Swede Savage cause of death” and started clicking through the results. It was a bit of a mess, honestly, lots of different stories floating around.
What happened in the race
What I gathered was that Savage was in this big race, the Indy 500, back in 1973. I scrolled through some old articles and forum posts about it. Apparently, the race was a total disaster – rain delays, a couple of really bad crashes. Savage was in one of those crashes. From what I read, his car spun out of control on the 58th lap. It was a mess. I even found some old footage, but it was pretty grainy and hard to watch.
What I found about his death
- Initially, I found a bunch of reports saying he died from kidney failure.
- Then, I stumbled upon some stuff from a doctor who was actually there, a Dr. Steve Olvey. He said that wasn’t the whole story.
I spent a good few hours digging into this, cross-referencing different sources, trying to make sense of it all. I tried to focus on the stuff that seemed legit, you know, like articles from newspapers back then and things written by people who were actually involved. Some of the info was pretty technical.
It was a real rabbit hole, but here’s the gist of what I put together: Savage did have kidney problems after the crash, but it sounds like there was more to it. That doctor, Olvey, he seemed to know what he was talking about.
Honestly, it was a bit overwhelming, all this info, and some of it pretty sad. But I wanted to get to the bottom of it, so I kept digging. I ended up spending a whole evening on it, and to be honest it gave me a bit of a headache. But I figured it out, at least as best as I could.
This is just what I found from my little online investigation. I’m no expert, just a guy who got curious and spent some time digging around. If you’re really interested, you could probably find even more info out there. Maybe. I guess.
