rec.autos.simulators

> You didn't seem to read his post.  The "steel front clip" routes the
engine
> beneath the driver in a wreck...instead of the normal lack of routing
which
> sends the engine into the driver compartment if it goes anywhere.

> JB

> > >Here's one I'll toss out:  General Motors engineers design a generic,
> > >hydroformed steel front clip for all NASCAR teams to use under their
> > >cars.  It's designed to collapse in a way that is favorable to the
> > >driver in absorbing energy and also route the engine beneath the
> > >driver's compartment to further enlarge the available crush space in
> > >front of the***pit.

> > I'm not sure I follow you on putting the engine below the driver,
> > since you're already sitting on bare aluminum 5 inches off the track.
> > I wonder about placing the engine behind the driver?
> > The front of the car is then wide open for a crush zone and armored
> > footwell. This layout has definitely proven itself in CART and F1, and
> > has been proving itself in drag racing since the early 60's.

> > The only thing is that we're then getting precariously far away from
> > the concept of "stock" cars.
> > Yes, I realize a 750 horsepower, rear wheel drive V8 has absolutely
> > NOTHING to do with the front wheel drive V6's they represent, but I
> > can still image a big stink... Such is NASCAR.

> > Tim

>You didn't seem to read his post.  The "steel front clip" routes the engine
>beneath the driver in a wreck...instead of the normal lack of routing which
>sends the engine into the driver compartment if it goes anywhere.

>Let's have some ideas, folks and stop thumping our chests and wringing
>our hands over this.

>Regards,
>Brett C. Cammack

>(remove the DOTs from my return address to reply privately)

> It's a lost cause trying to talk sense to some here.

>I'm not sure I follow you on putting the engine below the driver,
>since you're already sitting on bare aluminum 5 inches off the track.
>I wonder about placing the engine behind the driver?

>I saw on one of the many shows this week (think it was on RPM2NITE)
>that a place in Indiana makes these "soft walls". I guess a few F1
>tracks have already ordered and installed them for the upcoming
>season. These walls, when seen from a cross-sectional view, look like
>big radiators. they have 2 layers, one being *** and the other some
>other material. On the inside they are shaped like radiator fins, and
>the walls come in sections which can be easily replaced after 3 major
>impacts take place.

> OK...I don't watch the X-Files but something here smells.

> 5 days after the accident and now NASCAR suddenly has this torn seat belt to
> clear them of any wrong doing or responsibility for the lack of enforced
> safety standards. Oddly though, the doctor's report and all other accounts
> until this point failed to mention anything to do with this issue - even
> though they where in the car and extracted his body from it meaning they
> would have easily seen a seat belt damaged enough to cause his body to move
> about the***pit.

> And still, a damage lap belt doesn't explain the basalar skull fracture
> described in almost all of the doctors previous accounts. If something
> sickens you people it should be this blatent cover up of the truth to shift
> the blame away from them and their lack of saftey regulations. Maybe they
> were getting tired of hearing about the HANS device and why they don't
> implement it like CART and F1 - and see...they are right, it would not have
> helped because he died due to a failed safety device.

> Before you flame me take a look at this and tell me I'm crazy and NASCAR is
> doing everything it can to protect it's drivers.

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> I had the same reaction...NASCAR cover-up. Much points to it.

> I recall initial reports saying there were no *** injuries, which
NASCAR
> didn't dispute I expect because they
> needed to defend Earnharts use of an open face helmet. So the belts did
their
> job. Now a subsequent NASCAR
> report of a failed lap belt. VERY suspicious when taken together with
their
> previous responses to criticism
> of lack of safety development.

> Marty

> > OK...I don't watch the X-Files but something here smells.

> > 5 days after the accident and now NASCAR suddenly has this torn seat
belt to
> > clear them of any wrong doing or responsibility for the lack of
enforced
> > safety standards. Oddly though, the doctor's report and all other
accounts
> > until this point failed to mention anything to do with this issue -
even
> > though they where in the car and extracted his body from it meaning
they
> > would have easily seen a seat belt damaged enough to cause his body to
move
> > about the***pit.

> > And still, a damage lap belt doesn't explain the basalar skull fracture
> > described in almost all of the doctors previous accounts. If something
> > sickens you people it should be this blatent cover up of the truth to
shift
> > the blame away from them and their lack of saftey regulations. Maybe
they
> > were getting tired of hearing about the HANS device and why they don't
> > implement it like CART and F1 - and see...they are right, it would not
have
> > helped because he died due to a failed safety device.

> > Before you flame me take a look at this and tell me I'm crazy and
NASCAR is
> > doing everything it can to protect it's drivers.

> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/