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We all know sprint car racing is dangerous. Everytime you strap in it could be your last. But shame on us if we do not try to learn from each accident on how to make this sport safer. If we had the attitude that I have seen from some of the posts we still would have no roll cages, short sleeve shirts, and leather caps. Just the advances from when I started are amazing like from low back seats to high back seats to full containment seats. Look how many arms have been saved since arm restaints. So if we can make this sport safer we have got to look at it. Motormasher you must not look very close at cars if you have not seen guys running cars that are not safe. Old belts, belts mounted improperly, head out of the cage or to close the list goes on and on. I see no problem with tracks or organizations checking all cars for safety. I am thankfull for every saftey improvement that we have seen over the years and hope to see more. I would hate to think of some of the crashes I have taken over the last few years with my original low back seat with the belts the way the were mounted at that time. You guys have got to realize the speeds get quicker each year so saftey has to evolve with the speed. In 1986 we were turning 12 second laps with a wing at Bloomington. Now everyone is consistantly in the low 11 second bracket without wings. So thanks to all that have came up with all the safety advancements that I have seen over the years and look for more in years to come.
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