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7/6/11, 10:21 AM |
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Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 541 |
The guard rails were way safer. And even if it were a USAC show, you were going to wind up standing around for something (so fixing the guard rail was no big deal)
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7/6/11, 11:23 AM |
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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 59 |
hey lets use guardrails...maybe we can cut someones neck off....yeah that will be fun to watch....
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7/6/11, 3:50 PM |
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Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 175 |
Whatever happens we all learn what not to do but improve and make it better. Here is a shot we learned from this was from 78 or 79. The driver was ok and was very lucky
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Last edited by Sawdust101; 9/1/11 at 4:49 PM. |
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7/6/11, 6:49 PM |
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guardrails work good if they are the right ones for the job, keep head in car at all times. I forget where it was at but they had guardrails and our driver he used to say it was his favorite place to crash.
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7/7/11, 12:00 AM |
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,253 |
The damage T Mez got had nothing to do with a wall impact, you people are all going off the deep end. It was an impact with Jeff Swindell. As he told me Sunday, "I didn't see him until I hit him". The dust was way too thick.
As for safety, Terre Haute isn't any more dangerous than anywhere else,(when the track is prepared correctly). I've seen guys hurt and crippled everywhere from the Indy Speedrome to the Indy Mile. Accidents happen unfortunately, but that's racing at it's worst. As for Shane's wreck at Terre Haute, it was just an unfortunate freak occurance. It is the ONLY time in my 40 plus years of racing I've ever scene a car hit like that. As for safety and Nascrap, you are also looking in the wrong direction. The man to thank is Tony George. Remember this, when the safer barriers first came out Nascar said NO! They changed their mind real quick after Earnhardt. Remember this, when it comes to safety, Indy is the leader, Nascar is the follower. |
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7/7/11, 5:35 AM |
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7/7/11, 11:11 AM |
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Race Count This Year: 98 Race Count Last Year: 80 Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 467 |
Yes, the RW cars do have extra bracing on the cages this year, they spent time with BEAST after Shane's accident trying to make the car safer.. Angled braces to try to help the cage from collapsing like it did on the 17. But like everyone has stated, The angle of the Impact and the 90 degree edge of the concrete wall was a recipe for disaster.. Leave the concrete up but give a catch fence, I can recall Grant and Nigg clearing the fence in the past 2 years, might have even been just last year alone!
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7/7/11, 2:30 PM |
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I've seen the results of these accidents up close and personal and believe me it isn't pretty.
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