Track safety improvement ideas

Bruce Fulper · 03-27-2007, 11:53 PM

All we need is a smart look at safety improvements.

After Blain Johnson died NHRA changed all nat. event tracks to a continuous guardrail. No open spots like the one he hit. I've been thinking abour Erics impact and wondering about calculating the forces that may allow some movement sideways, but not have an adverse affect when continuing moving downtrack.

K-rails can be allowed to move a slight amount. Slot them and set them on pins. If that rail could have moved six inches it may have lessend the impact. Something like that could work. Concrete guys? Anyone?

How about a spotter/scooter running down each lane after each run. That's easy to do. That person could see more than a couple of guys looking over the k-rail.

We've (again) gotten too comfortable with the way things are now.

We need sensible ideas.

"The less I race the crankier I get..."

03-27-2007, 11:53 PM	#1
Bruce Fulper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 651 Likes: 4 Liked 54 Times in 33 Posts	Track safety improvement ideas All we need is a smart look at safety improvements. After Blain Johnson died NHRA changed all nat. event tracks to a continuous guardrail. No open spots like the one he hit. I've been thinking abour Erics impact and wondering about calculating the forces that may allow some movement sideways, but not have an adverse affect when continuing moving downtrack. K-rails can be allowed to move a slight amount. Slot them and set them on pins. If that rail could have moved six inches it may have lessend the impact. Something like that could work. Concrete guys? Anyone? How about a spotter/scooter running down each lane after each run. That's easy to do. That person could see more than a couple of guys looking over the k-rail. We've (again) gotten too comfortable with the way things are now. We need sensible ideas. "The less I race the crankier I get..."