Cart really has to do something about their safety standards...
-- Sjon 'Pierce' Stigter
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Chris
I don't think that much of anything short of a miracle could have saved Greg's
life in this crash. That car hit the wall with what appeared to be the top of
the car while airborne.
Dan Belcher
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You can't stop the damage from an accident like that, but you can put
restrictions into the cars to help prevent some of these tragic accidents
(engine size limits, exhaust limits, air foil and wing limits....etc).
Maybe nothing could have prevented this particular accident, but I think you
all know what I mean.
Aaron Gillum
#72 RDOS
Well, had the car no flipped in the first place, the same thing would have
happened to him as to what had happened to Richie Hearn a few laps earlier.
My point, after looking at the replay at ESPN, it would appear that when the
car went across the safety road (you can see the smoke from the brakes on
the asphalt in the replay), it would appear that his wheel(s)caught on the
grass, causing the car to flip. That was the exact spot where Hearn crossed
the safety road, and maybe it had an effect of getting airborne. In a
nutshell, maybe if that entire area (like Daytona after Wallace flipped 20
something times a few years ago) was asphalt the likelyhood of the car
flipping would be greatly reduced....
Dave
Dave
> Cart really has to do something about their safety standards...
> -- Sjon 'Pierce' Stigter
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But that is one of my major questions. CART implemented the Hanford
device and tunnel blockers to bring down speeds on the straights. They've
mandated the use of superspeedway wings on short ovals in order to reduce
cornering speeds. To a somewhat limited extent, this has worked. Except
that you now have cars turning 230 MPH+ laps on the superspeedways (which is
almost where we were before the Hanford device) except that they have HALF
the downforce that they used to. Situations that might be more controllable
or recoverable with more downforce aren't. Now we have drivers downshifting
into the corners on short ovals. Just ask Christian Fittipaldi how safe
that could be.
I'm not trying to blast CART for what they've done in the name of
safety, but sometimes I wonder if there might be some other approach that
would work better.
> > It is definately a sad and tragic thing. However i dont know that is
the
> > saftey standards...i mean he was going around 240 when he hit the wall.
> Sure
> > there could be improvements but its still a huge G-Force accident. It
> > definately opens a door for debate though. Sad that someone has to die
> for it
> > to come into consideration..
> > Chris
> You can't stop the damage from an accident like that, but you can put
> restrictions into the cars to help prevent some of these tragic accidents
> (engine size limits, exhaust limits, air foil and wing limits....etc).
> Maybe nothing could have prevented this particular accident, but I think
you
> all know what I mean.
> Aaron Gillum
> #72 RDOS
1. The drivers know what their up against before they get in the car and
remeber this, "car racing can be made safer but never safe" (not sure who
was quoted saying that, but a great quote).
2. The grass to ashpault back to grass strip on the infield acted like a
ramp (remember Rubens Barrachello at imola in 94 ramping off the high curb?)
sending the car up in the air.
3. Lucky for Richie Hearn, his car almost flipped at the same point some ten
laps earlier
4. Lets hope they add a few tires to the walls on the infield in the
future....................
>Cart really has to do something about their safety standards...
>-- Sjon 'Pierce' Stigter
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>ICQ: 3937030
>IRC: Pierce
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Rest in peace, Greg Moore.
Well this is probably what caused the crash in the first place. The
cars generate about 2000 lbs of downforce after restrictions were
put in place. They ised to produce 4000 lbs...
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> Aaron Gillum
> #72 RDOS
Correct. I taped the race and was unfortunate enough to play back
the crash in super slow-mo. It is not recommended unless you want
to have night-mares...
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> Aaron Gillum
> #72 RDOS
I agree,Moores accident was tragic. Unfortunately,he hit the wall with
the***pit side facing it. I'm quite sure he was dead on impact. Open
wheel racing on ovals will always be dangerous,especially at todays speeds.
There are no easy answers or solutions. You can't take the racing out of
racing. You can line the inside walls with tires like in Europe. But what do
you do about the outside walls?
One thing is for sure. Way too many drivers and spectators died this
year. And if the racing associations,drivers associations,and tracks don't
do something,you can bet that the insurance companies will.
Joel Willstein
The day started so well with Hakkinen's victory, and ended in such a
tragedy...
very sad
Daniel
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