Subject: Re: Scott Brayton and the
MC>>If Tony George wouldn't have increased the speeds like this, Scott
MC>would have
MC>>hit the wall slower and might not have died.
MC>
MC>>>BTW Last Year's Indy Start Had A Major Accident.
MC>>Which shows that the speeds were high enough and should have been
MC>lowered.
No.....it was the physics of the accident....remeber the Wallace
accident at Talledega??? Well, the reason he wasn't hurt THAT bad is
because when the parts began flying, they took most of the potential
energy, and turned it into kinetic by flying off....in Scott's case, at
the angle he hit the wall, his car didn't fall apart, instead the
kinetic energy stayed with him....even if he was 20-30MPH slower, the
sheer angle still would have killed him....just like Senna in F1 (God
praise his soul) if he had hit at a diffrent angle, the would have had
a better chance....
Benjamin Fields
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Subject: Re: Scott Brayton and the
GJC>Also the fact that the IRL is not using 1996 chasis may also be a factor.
GJC>Safety
GJC>improvements are made every year, this split in indycars is dangerous, scar
GJC>and
GJC>f'n stupid. later.
The '96 chassis wouldn't have helped at all.....
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