Re: Superspeedways

["kart38" <kart38@home.com>]

I will not argue over this, if Moore was still alive I might.  I will only
say that this has happened on roadcourses as well.  In 1964 Nascar legend
Joe Weatherly at the roadcourse in Riverside California.  He lost his brakes
and cut across the corner.  This launched his car and he hit a wall with the
driver's side.  This accident took his life, but that isn't the point.  The
point is that he was going slower and on a roadcourse (and yes I know safety
has come a long way but it is still a valid example).  There are just some
types of accidents that can't be prepared for.  Later all.

Jason

>
>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.
>
>IMHO.
>
>Paul Foster