Originally posted by loggerbomb:
Originally posted by The Eurotour:
Originally posted by Mystique97:
Originally posted by loggerbomb:
i was going to say initial crash was pretty light, but than when he gets smoked by the other car, man that was nasty,

I really think those guys should have ejector seats! Sign of trouble - POP! - out ya go a hundred feet.

RIP mr. dana



Then land on the pavement? If they have parachuts where they gonna land, where the wind takes them or right on the track when no wind, I'd say at least put roll cages on them.



Because parachutes are effective from a hundred foot altitude!



well excuse me i dont know the effective range a parachute needs to deploy, but im sure they could do it.


When your going 220+ mph inches away from other fenderless cars, I dont think theres alot of time to think about "pulling the cord"
With that said this is a terrible accident, and it just shows that no matter how safe these cars get, You hit a parked car at 175 mph. the sheer G force apllied to your body would be unbarable. And when your legs are the first thing to hit(alla open wheeled race car) Chances are if you do survive the actual impact. You are either gonna be a parapaligic(spelling?) like Zinardi or bleed to death from the trauma.
This is a loose loose situation, because there are gonna be alot of people raising there hands and saying "we need to slow down these cars. there just to dangerous" at a time when the sport(open wheeled racing) needs as much help as possible just to stay afloat.

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