Lots of performance era cars ended up like that, unfortunately. Its just one of several things that ended the era.

Kind of like the performance cars of today, lots end up crashed. That is also going to be one of the factors that will end this era as well.

Over powered cars with underpowered drivers from the given time period, has been going on since the 2nd car was produced, someone had to prove to someone else their car was faster. Its just time repeating itself.

By the way, that illustration was a great renditioning.