Re: Superspeedways

[Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>]

washburn wrote:
> 
> Paul Foster wrote:
> >
> > There is no defense for superspeedways. Shit will continue to happen but
> > we don't need to encourage it by building structures with hard obstacles
> > inches away from cars that are doing way over 200 mph. Fontana is a
> > virtually brand new venue and it still suffers from the same safety
> > problems that all superspeedways suffer from. If you want to build safe
> > superspeedays tear down the walls and give the drivers some runoff room.
> > But no - that would ruin the experience for the fans who enjoy sitting
> > on the outside of the turns so they can see all the grisly incidents
> > close up. The track owners insist that the organizers are to blame by
> > allowing the cars to run that fast but it is really their fault by
> > constructing a popular nuisance.
> 
> Just as a clarification, Greg hit the inside wall, not the outside as
> you imply in this note.

Sorry if I gave that impression. My point is that there is no runoff on
the outside and very little on the inside - both of which could be
corrected if the inconvenience to the fans could be overlooked.

Paul Foster