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Originally Posted by sp6967
but if it wasn't for these revered tracks you would have never known them at all.
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That is an unprovable argument. There are plenty of other tracks that provide outstanding racing w/o such a high fatality rate. Before you come back with somebody has died or been seriously injured at most every track, I know that, but in a lot of cases changes have been made to try and deal with those issues. Bottom line, there is room for improvement and leaving these men's ultimate sacrifice unanswered is horrific. A youtube video, although a nice gesture, it does NOT equal a man's life.
"History", "Tradition", "It takes balls", "It separates the men from the boys", "He died doing what he loves" are hollow cliche's, they don't bring back a son, or a father, or a husband, or a husband to be. It doesn't restore mobility to your limbs, it doesn't bring back your ability to freakin' feed yourself or got to the bathroom on your own. These sayings we so often use, they don't justify the unthinkable. The aftermath when things go wrong is far from glamorous or glorious, if you survive it can mean perpetual care in some forgotten nursing facility. No cheering crowds, no victory lane photos, just blank looking stares and inaudible groans and smells the turn your stomach. This needs to be fixed.