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2/11/18, 3:23 PM |
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World of Outlaw wreck?
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Who where drivers involved in wreck? Heard there was cage damage? Thanks for the info.
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2/11/18, 3:30 PM |
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I was talking to Shaffer the next night pre-race and he and Gravel both rolled out new cars. Gravel's was destroyed. I told Tim I was just glad to see both of them get out of the cars on their own steam Video compliments of another fan forum site: |
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2/11/18, 3:33 PM | #3 | ||
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A flipping David Gravel got hit by Tim Shaffer at Volusia. I will not comment or speculate on what happened with the cage. Barry Jackson, Gravel's crew chief released a very sincere statement about why he isn't releasing pictures of the cage or anything. He will let other racers and chassis manufacturers look at it to try to advance safety in the sport. The important thing is that both drivers walked away.
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2/11/18, 7:46 PM |
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Hi,
i was an eye witness to this wreck. my first takeaway is sprint car races need corner workers similar to Knoxville, guys that can run to the scene and immediately help the driver get out. David had to try and free himself too long. As for the cage, it did it's job. everything can be better. This is a violent sport. Rich M |
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2/11/18, 8:11 PM |
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This what happens when you get bolt on crew chiefs. |
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2/11/18, 9:25 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 14 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21,260 |
Yeah, you can make stronger tubing. but it needs a redesign to offer more support, A smaller hoop, some diagonal bracing, Taller rear of the cage like the Hawk Chassis..
IMO it's the same thing as that midget flip last year landing on the K-Rail. This one the front nerf, torsion tube hit his cage. I personally think if you can get a NHRA style Halo in a Top fuel dragster or rail dragster, you can get one in a sprint car. I wouldn't make it mandatory for a couple years, but yeah, I too want to see drivers back the next night, or next weekend.
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2/11/18, 9:37 PM | #7 | ||
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What do you mean by, " Bolt on Crew Chief"?!
Barry Jackson built JEI then GF1 Chassis. He is hands on as they come! |
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2/11/18, 11:18 PM | #8 | |
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It looks like the top right hoop of the cage is bent down. Which I would assume is from getting hit by the other car. I’ve seen far worse cage damage from lighter hits.
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2/12/18, 3:00 AM | #9 | ||
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Thank you for saying what was on my mind first. Barry Jackson is certainly not a bolt on crew chief. Pretty sure he'll be building his next cars a little different, but whether there was cage damage or not, the cjb car did its job. David walked away. Let's be thankful for that
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2/12/18, 8:05 AM | #10 | ||
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Not only that if you read his statement he wanted other competitors manufacturers even organizations to look at it to see if there could be something done to make it better he just didn't want it to become a public spectacle so people would Trash it on message boards . I applaud him for the way he handled it
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