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7/12/18, 8:11 AM   #2
btg1963
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David, I agree with your passion, but without openings in the outer guardrails, we cannot get the cars in and out of the racetrack. One solution is to eliminate guard rails all together. How will that work at Kokomo, Lawrenceburg, and Tri State? Add the gate you say... Now we have to have a gate operator... and the gate must be of proper design or it will cause a greater safety issue. There have been two MAJOR incidents regarding guardrail openings with late models recently. One involved Hudson O’Neal and the other Billy Moyer. Now there is an emphasis on openings in the open wheel side since Beaver Dam. Let’s hope governing bodies like the World Racing Group (Outlaws) pursue this issue with intelligence and not a knee jerk reaction. Like all other safety issues our sport faces, we must have the driver’s interest at heart, but we should allow the experts to figure this one out.
 
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