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re: Video of austin dillons crash at end of race
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:18 am to castorinho
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:18 am to castorinho
I thought that there was no way he was coming out of that. The shearing into the fence is what scares me. My wife said it.... Last lap at Daytona in the #3 and horrific crash. Kinda eerie
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Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:33 am to LanierSpots
quote:Explain further. Because every single rule NASCAR has put into place over the last 10 years has been to further increase safety of the driver not the other way around. If this wreck happens in 2003 or 2004 the driver is dead.
This is exactly what Nascar wants
quote:No. NASCAR is struggling because they go to too many tracks where the pack gets spread out and the average fan doesn't appreciate that type of racing. Let's deal in facts not opinion today Lanier
Its also part of the reason that the Nascar sucks balls now...
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:39 am to pdubya76
quote:and Jr. wins
Last lap at Daytona in the #3 and horrific crash. Kinda eerie
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:40 am to Rig
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If this wreck happens in 2003 or 2004 the driver is dead.
Geoff Bodine is still alive, so not really.
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No. NASCAR is struggling because they go to too many tracks where the pack gets spread out and the average fan doesn't appreciate that type of racing. Let's deal in facts not opinion today Lanier
Nascar sucks because they have far too many tri-ovals and not enough short-tracks, which is the kind of racing that kept it interesting. The COT has basically turned NASCAR into a crappy version of INDY.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:41 am to ForeverLSU02
The ghost of Dale Earnhardt
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:46 am to pdubya76
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The ghost of Dale Earnhardt
Couldnt pay me to drive the #3 car....that is crazy he wealked away from that
Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:07 am to pdubya76
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Last lap at Daytona in the #3 and horrific crash.
If you didn't know the outcome of both wrecks and watched them one after the other you'd think that Austin Dillon's was the one that was the fatal crash. Dale Sr's wasn't really that dramatic in the fact that it wasn't a huge pile up with cars flying all over the place. It was him and Sterling Marlin.
It's amazing how safe the cars have become.
And for what's killed NASCAR, it's lack of personality, too many cookie cutter tracks, every team running an exact same IROC car and lack of parity across the board.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:18 am to carhartt
Posted on 7/6/15 at 10:42 am to Rig
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Explain further. Because every single rule NASCAR has put into place over the last 10 years has been to further increase safety of the driver not the other way around. If this wreck happens in 2003 or 2004 the driver is dead.
They are all basically racing the same type of cars and designed to run in those big packs which in turn create these big pile ups that cause more injuries.
They can make the cars as safe as they want but 195 MPH crashes will still have injuries and they are causing more of them by the style of racing they want.
This post was edited on 7/6/15 at 10:44 am
Posted on 7/6/15 at 10:55 am to LanierSpots
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They can make the cars as safe as they want but 195 MPH crashes will still have injuries and they are causing more of them by the style of racing they want.
Are you trying to tell me that letting these cars run around the track at 230 mph (I don't know what this generation of cars can do, but I'm pretty sure they're the fastest) is safer than letter them run around at 202 mph max? I can only think of 4 occurrences of cars flying into the catch fence since the turn of the century. With HANS devices and SAFER barriers I'm not sure it matters much, but I don't trust these dudes to run around at IndyCar speeds. I'm more worried about accidents at Cali, Michigan, Pocono, and maybe even The Glen, and fan safety, which wouldn't be helped by removing the plates.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:08 am to Sellecks Moustache
Wow. 200mph to 0 and he walks away.
What if that happened on lap 10 instead of the last lap? They'd have to cancel the race, it would take at least a day to rebuild that fence
What if that happened on lap 10 instead of the last lap? They'd have to cancel the race, it would take at least a day to rebuild that fence
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:14 am to LanierSpots
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They are all basically racing the same type of cars and designed to run in those big packs which in turn create these big pile ups that cause more injuries.
They can make the cars as safe as they want but 195 MPH crashes will still have injuries and they are causing more of them by the style of racing they want.
I haven't been a big fan in a while, but hasn't NASCAR moved away from pack racing and drafting?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:18 am to purplepylon
quote:More like a couple weeks probably. 2 of the catch fence's posts were pulled out of the concrete. I imagine they'll have to stress test all the foundation and all of the fence.
What if that happened on lap 10 instead of the last lap? They'd have to cancel the race, it would take at least a day to rebuild that fence
To your point, had it happened at the beginning, the race would be canceled and possibly rescheduled if possible.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:19 am to fightingtiger2335
Saw the video this morning, and two things stood out to me.
First was that the cars are designed to protect the driver so much that he was okay after that wreck and wasn't killed.
Two was MAJOR props to the designers of the protective fence around the track for that car not plowing into the crowd. That could've been horrible.
First was that the cars are designed to protect the driver so much that he was okay after that wreck and wasn't killed.
Two was MAJOR props to the designers of the protective fence around the track for that car not plowing into the crowd. That could've been horrible.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:25 am to Pettifogger
quote:Absolutely
I haven't been a big fan in a while, but hasn't NASCAR moved away from pack racing and drafting?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 12:17 pm to Pettifogger
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I haven't been a big fan in a while, but hasn't NASCAR moved away from pack racing and drafting?
LOL. No
And the famous "Green,White,Checkered" guarantees that there will be a big pack fighting for the lead for two laps.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 12:37 pm to LanierSpots
quote:The pack spreads even on a green white checkered for the majority of tracks. You usually have 2 or 3 cars separate themselves at places not named Talladega, Daytona, Martinsville, and Bristol.
And the famous "Green,White,Checkered" guarantees that there will be a big pack fighting for the lead for two laps.
NASCAR today is widely unpopular because you get a thousand snoozers like this upcoming weekend's race at Kentucky where there's nothing there to stand out and NASCAR doesn't outfit cars to stay together
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:02 pm to Rig
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:04 pm to Rig
Just caught some video of this crash. While the car did go from 200 to 0 the catch fence did give an awful lot and "softened" the blow as opposed to running directly into a solid wall. As the car lay sitting on the track and another car hit it full on, that's the blow that made me wince.
The pack racing of restrictor plate racing is exciting but dangerous. I would rather see them get rid of the restrictor plates and make other modifications to the car's body that will reduce the speeds yet still allow cars that are dialed in to break away from the pack and maintain their lead without getting reeled in.
Agree that short track racing is fun to watch. Bristol is one of my favorite tracks. There it's not about the speed it's more about watching these cars bang their way around a bull ring and knowing that the crashes and banging will happen but are at a generally low enough speed the drivers can walk away unhurt.
The pack racing of restrictor plate racing is exciting but dangerous. I would rather see them get rid of the restrictor plates and make other modifications to the car's body that will reduce the speeds yet still allow cars that are dialed in to break away from the pack and maintain their lead without getting reeled in.
Agree that short track racing is fun to watch. Bristol is one of my favorite tracks. There it's not about the speed it's more about watching these cars bang their way around a bull ring and knowing that the crashes and banging will happen but are at a generally low enough speed the drivers can walk away unhurt.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:16 pm to fightingtiger2335
It would be interesting to see the view from his in car camera's during the wreck.
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