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Offline MoeRon

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Testament to Nascar Safety
« on: April 05, 2008, 03:02:38 AM »
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Offline 007Rusty

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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 03:08:30 AM »
  Dam    :O   great to see him walk away from that   :salute
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Offline MiloMorai

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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2008, 05:14:43 AM »
Was closer to 165mph, still fast though.

Testament to the the CoT, the safer barriers and the conditioning of the driver.
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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2008, 05:26:15 AM »
Quote from: MiloMorai on April 05, 2008, 05:14:43 AM
Was closer to 165mph, still fast though.

Testament to the the CoT, the safer barriers and the conditioning of the driver.
Moment of impact ticker was at 185. If that can be believed.
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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2008, 07:53:15 AM »
Saw an Angel from British Columbia hit the wall on a nitro Harley dragster in Louisiana. He not only walked away, he ran again the next morning. :)
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Offline WWhiskey

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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2008, 08:04:40 AM »
hard hard hit WOW lucky man :aok
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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2008, 08:35:03 AM »
you can't drive a NASCAR car on the street because it does not meet federal safety requirements.

anyone else see the irony here?
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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2008, 10:02:43 AM »
WOW!

Talk about making a wreck and impact survivable. That was simply unbelievable when you watch that. The way the wall absorbs energy now and the way the car and restraints work together in that is amazing.
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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2008, 10:33:43 AM »
he's a lucky guy.. I bet if the rear of the car would have come around any more he would have been dead.
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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2008, 10:37:19 AM »
Still rather weak compared to a INDY/CART style crash. NASCAR is only catching up with the technology in those cars. Glad he is safe and I bet he is going to be sore for a month.

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Offline FrodeMk3

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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2008, 10:45:29 AM »
Quote from: john9001 on April 05, 2008, 08:35:03 AM
you can't drive a NASCAR car on the street because it does not meet federal safety requirements.

anyone else see the irony here?

The lack of headlights, taillights, and turnsignals' is primarily one reason. But otherwise, IMHO they well exceed Front/side impact standards. By a large margin.

That aside, I noticed that is the CoT (Car of Tomorrow) that almost everyone loathes.
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Offline texasmom

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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2008, 11:13:29 AM »
Saw that yesterday evening, and was *shocked* that he walked away from that one.
My youngest spent the rest of the night watching crash clips on youtube.

RPM is spending the weekend up there at the Texas Motor Speedway, so once he gets back, I'm sure that he'll post something on his own blogspot plus here.
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Offline DrDea

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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2008, 11:46:43 AM »
 Not as bad as Michael Waltrips hit in Bristol when he came to an instant dead stop.They thought he was dead but he crawled out.That car was shredded.They make em safe thats for sure.
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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2008, 11:56:56 AM »
Quote from: Strip on April 05, 2008, 10:37:19 AM
Still rather weak compared to a INDY/CART style crash. NASCAR is only catching up with the technology in those cars. Glad he is safe and I bet he is going to be sore for a month.

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Yep if that was an open wheel car, that would have been a crippling wreck, and the driver would not have walked away for sure. NASCAR has always emphisized safety, and that is what really brought on the new cars (CoT), this type of wreck killed the likes of Dale Earnhardt and Adam Petty, McDowell is lucky and he can thank the designers of the saferbarrier, the HANS device, and the CoT.
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Re: Testament to Nascar Safety
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2008, 06:19:24 PM »
Quote from: crockett on April 05, 2008, 10:33:43 AM
he's a lucky guy.. I bet if the rear of the car would have come around any more he would have been dead.

Those who missed the wall are even luckier!
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