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I am very pleased to see destructive crash test data being generated for sprint, midget & silver crown cars.
One of the reasons for the safety of F1, Indy & NASCAR cars is the money is there to afford such research.
Sprint, midget & champ car builders have to rely on anecdotal evidence from actual crashes and their own intuition
to build safe race cars. In my opinion they do a pretty impressive job of building a safe compartment for a
driver with "soft" front and rear ends to absorb energy.
Could these open wheel car's safety improve? YES
Is this type of testing a means to that end? YES
Is this type of testing fully developed? NO
Is this type of testing a step in the right direction? YES
Thank you Bill Gardner for this post.
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