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Old 06-11-2010, 07:11 PM   #14
W J
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Default Re: Another Racer Killed at E-Town

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Originally Posted by FINESPLINE View Post
Sorry to say but from watching the video from 2009 crash and seeing in person the 2008 crash , the sand pit is way too short for the speeds of T/F F/C T/AD T/AFC. A runaway car just skims across the sand into the nets. This could be a real problem due to the road crossing behind the end of track and safety devices . There is just no room to elongate the sand pit.
Have to agree 100%.....It's evident the major safety changes & improvements that were made for safely stopping a high speed run-away down at the very end of shut-down after the Kalitta fatality ('08) and the '09 F/C crash still need more attention, although when chutes aren't deployed, bad things often happen.... WJ

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