> And the difference between IRL and CART in terms of safety is? But you know
> what, IRL has the better safety team. And, doesn't CART race at 240 mph in
> California? Come on, you hate the IRL, but the two series are the same in
> terms of dangers involved.
I hardly think there's a better safety team in the world than th eone
that saved Zanardi, but that's pure speculation. And yes, they do
race on ovals- and don't have somone carted off with multiple
fractures every time. Granted, there HAVE been deaths in CART, but the
last few have been due to complete freak incidents. In the crapwagons,
a driver is carted off on a backboard seemingly every time they race.
Take a tally over the past few years, and you'll see how the IRLers
are injured far more often than in other series. I bet they're close
to a doxen already this year- and those are only the ones that caused
the driver to miss a start or more. Want me to dig up the numbers and
compare? I'm sure they keep records someplace...
Fact remains, racing those type cars on ovals is idiotic. I'd be all
for CART dropping the ovals, too, so it's not simple bias....it's a
pure crapshoot as to when we'll have a LeMans type incident here, and
that's the end of any more open wheelers at all.
> PS How many drivers have died in IRL cars? Compare that to CART and then
> think about making comments like these. Not to mention injuries suffered by
> drivers in both series.
> PSS Racing is a dangerous sport, doesn't matter the vehicle.
> > Just imagine- you want realism?
> > You fire it up, and are greeted by a grating crash and the crackle of
> > flames...and, of course, a black screen to simulate the loss of
> > conciousness. The darkness clears, offering a view of a clear blue sky
> > and the faces of the ambulance crew strapping you to the stretcher.
> > The clouds whiz by as the wheel you rapidly across the tarmac,
> > followed by the awesome sight of the underside of an ambulance roof.
> > Sirens and engine sounds sampled from real life emergency equipment
> > highlight the trip to the medical center, where you're presented with
> > an immersive experience- several trauma doctors were enlisted to make
> > sure this part was just right.
> > Depending on the injury (purely random, using a 266 Mhz number
> > generator. Could be a broken back, a fractured leg, even a badly
> > broken pelvis!)the simulation moves on to the exciting part: Watching
> > non-IRL drivers racing on TV for up to a year!
> > Maybe work in a cheat code to have AJ Foyt toss his paperweight..errr,
> > laptop at you, too...what potential this has!
> > I simply cannot believe that drivers I used to respect are stupid
> > enough to strap into those crapwagons...at the rate they go, I imagine
> > I'll be getting a call from Penske by the end of the year.
