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Re: Saftey, Was closed vs. open car thing

To: Craig Blome <cblome@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Saftey, Was closed vs. open car thing
From: Joshua Hadler <jhadler@rmi.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:43:24 -0700
Craig Blome wrote:
> 
> --- "Stevens, Kevin" <kstevens@ventritex.com> wrote:
> >
> > You can espouse safety information for driver's
> > sake, certainly; but I don't
> > think any marketing promoter would content that
> > safer racing is more
> > marketable.
> >
> 
> The folks who attended the 1955 Le Mans would probably
> take issue with that statement...safety hasn't just
> been improved for the drivers.

And then we have the IRL race from last year, where a bouncing wheel
made its way into the stands and made a mess of the spectators. One
reason why I personally feel that open wheel cars should stay off of
oval tracks.

-Josh2

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