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on: 03-28-2002
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Posting for 2 reasons.
1. This car is just cool
2. I like watching Dirf and Max go at it whenever they see it |
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| #21 |
4-04-2002 @ 10:55:07 PM |
| Posted By : CRXtrackguy |
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It's obviously impossible to make it possible to live through any crash, but modern techniques could easily raise the safety margin for drivers.
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| #23 |
4-04-2002 @ 10:59:37 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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Well they did mandate HANS devices this year, but as you pointed out, they had 4 fatilites, that's a record I'm sure. Too little too late? THey are putting $$$ into developing soft crash barriers, like foam compounds that will give, cuz concrete doesn't THe big hold up is they haven't figured out a system that will be easy to clean up and re-install without large delays. The foam ones they've tested blow everywhere like styrafoam peanuts falling out of a box.
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| #24 |
4-04-2002 @ 11:00:59 PM |
| Posted By : CRXtrackguy |
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which is why they need to rework the points system so cars can be squishier without screwing over teams. all the other major leagues figured that out a long time ago. F1, CART, IRL, ALMS, etc, etc.
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| #25 |
4-04-2002 @ 11:03:43 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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NASCAR still has a lot of ol' boys at the top, they keep a lot of stuff for the sake of tradition, (that's why they haven't gone to fuel injection) I think they want to keep the tradition of the "car with the front sheet metal torn off running eight laps down and no hope of winning, but he's still in it for the points" alive.
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| #26 |
4-04-2002 @ 11:04:35 PM |
| Posted By : CRXtrackguy |
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I'd rather keep the drivers alive, and let the cars get totaled, myself.
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| #27 |
4-12-2002 @ 09:55:57 PM |
| Posted By : chargerdad |
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One point you are forgetting is this fine peice of Dodge is the reason Dodge was banned from NASCAR... it could not be beat!
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| #28 |
4-12-2002 @ 10:03:41 PM |
| Posted By : Mad Max |
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Well, Ernie Irwin just about bought it back in '95... the last ones I'm aware of before these most recent 4 are Neil Bonnett and Tony Roper. This car rules. But DiRF, how many times do I have to explain it... I don't know about the Daytona-Talladega sequence, and Petty LOVED the wing cars. He wanted to drive one. That's why he drove a Ford in 1969, because the Roadrunner Superbird DID NOT EXIST YET. The Daytona came out in '69, the Superbird came out in '70. Anyway, the non-wing Roadrunner stood no chance against the Talladega, Cyclone Spoiler, and Charger Daytona, and Mopar wouldn't let Petty Racing switch from Plymouth to Dodge and drive the Daytona, so he went over to Ford on a one-year deal. And ChargerDad... 1969, NASCAR champion was who? David Pearson... and he drove what? Torino Talladega. I wouldn't say the wing cars couldn't be beat.
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| #29 |
4-12-2002 @ 10:08:41 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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Yeah, but Neil Bonnet died in a qualifying wreck, and Irwin's near-fatal wreck was a practice session crash at Michigan, I'm just curious when the last on-track fatality DURING the actual race itself was Prior to Earnhard/Roper? UP untill then, more NASCAR drivers had died in aviation accidents than on the track, kind of ironic huh?
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| #30 |
4-12-2002 @ 10:09:42 PM |
| Posted By : Mad Max |
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Hey, before those guys I have no idea... you may have to go all the way back to Tiny Lund to find an on-track fatality during the race.
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| #31 |
4-12-2002 @ 10:11:09 PM |
| Posted By : Gumshoe |
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One guy died at watkins glen about 15 years ago at The Bud At the Glen he was a nobody though hence why i can't remember his name. The next year they built the interloop at the glen to slow em down on the back stretch. Also alot of people get killed in FI and INDY car Lifes a bitch when your doin 200mph and stop all at once no saftey equipment can stop you from dyin when it's your time
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| #32 |
4-12-2002 @ 10:12:08 PM |
| Posted By : Mad Max |
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Yep... but who was the last guy who died in Indy racing? There was Alex Zanardi's wreck, but he lived. I think you have to go back to Jeff Krosnoff on that.
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| #33 |
4-12-2002 @ 10:12:09 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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I still think the guys most likely to get killed/injured at the track are ironicaly, the fans from flying debris (especialy at IRL/CART events) and the pit crews, I've seen more than a few get hit by the car, or spun around by the car brushing the tires their lugging
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| #34 |
4-12-2002 @ 10:13:38 PM |
| Posted By : Gumshoe |
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yeah that whole flyin tire thing is not cool. but it does say at the entrence to most tracks adn hockey games for that matter to beware of flying objects
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| #35 |
4-12-2002 @ 10:24:45 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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OMG!!! According to this web site I'm checking, since 1959, 27 drivers have died at Daytona alone! ANd since 1991, 9 NASCAR drivers, 3 Indycar Drivers, 2 CART drivers and 1 CART track worker have also died as a direct reslut of practice/qualifying/race crashes, it's worse than I thought. The next most recent race-fatality in NASCAR was J.D. McDuffie, Watkins Glen, 1991
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| #37 |
4-14-2002 @ 08:04:07 PM |
| Posted By : Reflections |
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the evolution of "bookshelf wings" thanks to Mr.Petty's popularity.
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| #38 |
5-09-2002 @ 01:36:13 PM |
| Posted By : Mad Max |
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In response to Chargerdad's comment... um, I don't think Dodge ever was banned from NASCAR. They just didn't field a car. And Richard Petty won all through the '70s in a Mopar, I believe... which means this car didn't get them banned. And dammit, I'm sure everyone's getting tired of hearing me say this, but DAVID PEARSON BEAT THE WING CARS IN A TORINO TALLADEGA. The wing cars were awesome, no doubt, but they were NOT unbeatable.
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| #40 |
6-04-2002 @ 08:59:28 PM |
| Posted By : AtEase |
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The last driver to die in F1 was Ayrton Senna in 1994 on Imola in Italy. And those cars are the safest cars on the planet. Michael Schumacher got away with a broken leg after a 300km/h (that's about 186mph) crash the other year. But I think it was last year a track worker was killed by parts flying around.
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