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SpitztheGreat posted:All these old videos have been a jarring reminder for safety overall- but for me the most noticeable are the non-SAFER barrier walls. They haven't been everywhere all that long, but holy poo poo I had forgotten how hard a concert wall is. We all remember Gordon's wreck at Vegas not that many years ago, but it has been a long time since the outside corners didn't have SAFER barriers- and seeing some of these wrecks it's perplexing how no one thought about/demanded doing it earlier. The thing that amazes me is the drivers want more of it, it's that good. FIA and the ACO have looked at SAFER and installed it at F1 tracks and Le Mans, usually in areas where it's a high speed corner with not much runoff. I'm surprised Indy hasn't put it around the entirety of IMS yet, given they were the main driving force behind it.
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Elitist Bitch posted:I think of that often. We lost Kenny Irwin and the King's grandson in a very short time and nothing. But we lose Senior and poo poo loving happens. I hate that we lost them, and I especially hate it that it took Dale dying for things to change. If HANS devices had been required years ago we could be celebrating the tail end of Adam's career now and Dale could be crotchety on Twitter. Same with F1, do we think we'd have seen half those changes in the last 20 years if Ayrton's suspension had flown 2 feet further left and it was "only" Roland that died.
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I do miss the wall of champions though.
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not nascar but Dan Wheldon ranks as the stupidest most pointless motorsports death of my lifetime. They'd already fixed everything in the next version of the car, largely from his own input, but just had to run a dumbass gimmick race to close out the season.
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shame on an IGA posted:not nascar but Dan Wheldon ranks as the stupidest most pointless motorsports death of my lifetime. They'd already fixed everything in the next version of the car, largely from his own input, but just had to run a dumbass gimmick race to close out the season. Yeah, it's why Will Power is really, really pushing for a windscreen, which may have saved Dan.
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shame on an IGA posted:not nascar but Dan Wheldon ranks as the stupidest most pointless motorsports death of my lifetime. They'd already fixed everything in the next version of the car, largely from his own input, but just had to run a dumbass gimmick race to close out the season. I would go with Justin Wilson
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Wilson's death was just inherent to open wheel racing on ovals, it was unfortunate, but not like, totally preventable. It's like a bike fatality where someone falls off a bike and gets hit, if you do racing with an open-cockpit car, you're going to run the risk of poo poo hitting the driver's head.
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It was really Henry Surtees death that should have been the time open cockpits should have been looked at. I also wonder what a real world scenario where a wheel hits a halo or canopy at full speed and how they really hold up.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Wilson's death was just inherent to open wheel racing on ovals, it was unfortunate, but not like, totally preventable. It's like a bike fatality where someone falls off a bike and gets hit, if you do racing with an open-cockpit car, you're going to run the risk of poo poo hitting the driver's head. Justin wilson didnt die on an oval
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exploded mummy posted:Justin wilson didnt die on an oval Are you making a joke or just being a pedantic rear end in a top hat
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Are you making a joke or just being a pedantic rear end in a top hat It was Pocono, so little of column A, little of column B.
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Mar 6, 2018 15:55
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I mean the point is that when you crash there it's very likely to send lots of debris flying on the track as opposed to a road course.
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If Pocono isn't "an oval" then neither are any of the tri-ovals.
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This is interesting https://twitter.com/nascaronnbc/status/970808983060545536?s=21 It only flexes at speed so pre and post race inspections don't catch it. Pretty genius to drop it at the beginning of the western swing since everybody has their cars built for the next 3 races.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Cheating is badass Hell yeah, unless the Toyotas do it, in which case NASCAR is being ruined by those awful Japs
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quote:As it turns out, Chase Elliott's team was talking about it during Sunday's race. The same Chase Elliott who had a roof flap popped up one year in 500 qualifying?
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CBJSprague24 posted:The same Chase Elliott who had a roof flap popped up one year in 500 qualifying? And tape on his spoiler or something that one time.
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"If you ain't cheatin, you ain't tryin."
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big nipples big life posted:This is interesting Welcome to NASCAR, Adrian Newey
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Chase was just bitching that they were not smart enough to cheat that way.
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Elephanthead posted:Chase was just bitching that they were not smart enough to cheat that way. I don't think any amount of cheating would help Chase though.
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Lol that's awesome.
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it'll be hilarious if Harvick walks over this season because all the other experienced drivers lost their rides for what seems to basically be cost cutting
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Feels Villeneuve posted:it'll be hilarious if Harvick walks over this season because all the other experienced drivers lost their rides for what seems to basically be cost cutting It's been really obvious trying to play fantasy Nascar this year. There used to be a pretty solid delineation between A, B, and C groups... now it's like five drivers and "Ehhhhh..... I haven't used Jeffery Earnhardt yet..." It's depressing.
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kidcoelacanth posted:Hell yeah, unless the Toyotas do it, in which case NASCAR is being ruined by those awful Japs same but reversed
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"My spotter used to sit up there during practice at Daytona and 'dega and give me a number, 0 to 3, and it was how many Bodines were on the track at the time. If he said 3 I wouldn't pull out of pit road." - Tony Stewart in iracing voice chat
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Just want to share this excellent picture of BP
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Elitist Bitch posted:I miss BP. Don't we all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKk3H7yqZas
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mischief posted:It's been really obvious trying to play fantasy Nascar this year. There used to be a pretty solid delineation between A, B, and C groups... now it's like five drivers and "Ehhhhh..... I haven't used Jeffery Earnhardt yet..." lol, Jeffery Earnhardt... He hasn't wrecked out yet as far as I know. That's about the best you can say about his performances 
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WindyMan posted:Don't we all. Holy loving poo poo, that Mikey wreck.
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NASCAR 2018: #2Kes1Cup
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CBJSprague24 posted:There'll only be four to debate because know Gordon will be the fifth. Gordon Gibbs Penske Roush Kulwicki
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Guys, I'm going to Richmond for the April race. Where should I sit? I'm thinking the Commonwealth Tower would be awesome. See the whole track without ever having to turn your head!
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WindyMan posted:Don't we all. If only we still had segments in races like this. Now instead of benny parsons checking out local food joints we get Jeff Gordon driving the pace car around the track giving talking points on why the car is awesome.
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As a very foreign, very casual viewer of Nascar on and off for 25 years now, let me assure you Benny Parsons was a goddamn national treasure.
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My dad went to Bristol every year for a long time. One year he happened to stay at the same hotel as Benny Parsons and ran into him at the hotel gym using the treadmills. He said Benny just BS-ed with him the whole time and couldn't have been nicer. It absolutely made his trip that year.
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