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Kyle Busch wreck at Daytona was 90 Gs at impact
Posted on 4/15/15 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 4/15/15 at 10:21 pm
LINK
LINK to video of wreck
Lucky he only only had a broken leg and a broken foot.
quote:
Busch said it was the hardest hit he's ever taken in NASCAR competition, stating that he left the racing surface going 176 mph and then slowed to 90 mph in the grass when he impacted the inside wall at 90 G's. As soon as he made contact, he knew his right leg was broken. Busch tried to use his left foot to exit the car but ended up having to use his heel because of the pain in his foot.
LINK to video of wreck
Lucky he only only had a broken leg and a broken foot.
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Posted on 4/15/15 at 10:22 pm to TigerFred
Whaa.. like.. how is he not dead?
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:00 pm to TigerFred
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:31 pm to Hurricane Mike
I thought the same thing about the 90 Gs bu he was adamant in his interview. Sounds like it is absolutely insane. If he weighs 100 lbs that = 9000 lbs. Sounds like it is impossible. But apparently if NASCAR is correct he lived with what was minor injuries.
Posted on 4/16/15 at 8:46 am to TigerFred
That's bad, that's not like hitting a wall on the track and momentum carries you forward. He hit that inside wall and came to a complete stop. Lucky he is alive. Without that head and neck device they have to wear he might have been killed.
Posted on 4/16/15 at 9:22 am to TigerFred
quote:
90 Gs
Do they have an accelerometer that verifies this? Color me skeptical.
Posted on 4/16/15 at 11:30 am to Galactic Inquisitor
quote:
Do they have an accelerometer that verifies this? Color me skeptical.
I am as well. Doesn't seem like anyone could survive that. However, NASCAR has the data from every wreck and is the ones who provided the data to Busch.
Maybe someone who understands how that number would be calculated could provide some insight.
This post was edited on 4/16/15 at 11:32 am
Posted on 4/16/15 at 11:54 am to TigerFred
Someone needs to take a physics class because 90 Gs is laughably science fiction high.
Posted on 4/16/15 at 12:05 pm to TigerFred
If you use this website LINK it calculates the force at impact would have been about 21.67 tons.. Not sure how that translates to G Force though..
Eta: 90 G's is like an acceleration of nearly 2,000 mph per second.
Eta: 90 G's is like an acceleration of nearly 2,000 mph per second.
This post was edited on 4/16/15 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 4/16/15 at 12:19 pm to goldenbadger08
Posted on 4/16/15 at 12:22 pm to goldenbadger08
quote:
90 G's is like an acceleration of nearly 2,000 mph per second.
Or 200mph per 100ms...or 100mph per 50ms. I can believe that parts of the car went from 100 to zero in 50ms but I don't believe that the car as a whole experienced that kind of acceleration. He would have been shredded to pieces.
Posted on 4/16/15 at 12:28 pm to Sellecks Moustache
Holy shite
Posted on 4/16/15 at 12:37 pm to emanresu
So mr wizard do you care to elaborate?
So the 214 Gs recorded in the video that was posted is false?
So the 214 Gs recorded in the video that was posted is false?
Posted on 4/16/15 at 12:44 pm to Bama and Beer
Pretty much broke his entire torso and crushed his ankles. Surprised his eyeballs didn't fly out.
Came back 18 months later at the Indy 500
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Came back 18 months later at the Indy 500
.Posted on 4/16/15 at 12:53 pm to TigerFred
Final velocity = 0
initial velocity = 90 miles per hour = 40.2336 meters per second
distance = ?
-(40.2336^2)/(2 x distance) = 882.5985 meters per second
882.5985/9.80665=90 G's
(Meters per second/ Meters per second per G)
Someone better at math figure out the distance Nascar is using to claim the 90 G's...
initial velocity = 90 miles per hour = 40.2336 meters per second
distance = ?
-(40.2336^2)/(2 x distance) = 882.5985 meters per second
882.5985/9.80665=90 G's
(Meters per second/ Meters per second per G)
Someone better at math figure out the distance Nascar is using to claim the 90 G's...
Posted on 4/16/15 at 12:53 pm to Sellecks Moustache
That's unbelievable that he would want to step back into an indycar after that
Posted on 4/16/15 at 2:28 pm to goldenbadger08
1 G would be accelerating from 9.8 m/s to 0 m/s in 1 second.
90 mph = 40.23 m/s
90xg = (40.23 m/s)/(t)
g = 9.8 m/s
t = 0.0456 s
That means he would have hit the wall and accelerated from 90 mph to 0 mph in 0.045 seconds.
Seems a little high of a number but I haven't seen the wreck.
90 mph = 40.23 m/s
90xg = (40.23 m/s)/(t)
g = 9.8 m/s
t = 0.0456 s
That means he would have hit the wall and accelerated from 90 mph to 0 mph in 0.045 seconds.
Seems a little high of a number but I haven't seen the wreck.
Posted on 4/16/15 at 3:00 pm to Pintail
quote:I can believe that
from 90 mph to 0 mph in 0.045 seconds.
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