Another Racer Killed at E-Town

FINESPLINE · 06-12-2010, 10:25 AM

How many people must be sacrificed before the NHRA takes this seriously ? The idea of the pea gravel from a truck runoff is a good starting thought but you are dealing with 50 to 80,000 lbs. at 60 to 70 mph. It is the weight sinking into the gravel ( gravity ) slowing it down. We are dealing with 2000 lbs trying to take off ( wings & things ). As well as the cars are built , I can see the gravel getting into the cockpit at those speeds. I believe you would want a ballistics suit on. Ever watch one of the CSI shows as they fire a bullet into a jello like substance to test ballistics. Well , I believe that may be the direction to look at and it will not be cheap.A life is too precious to ignore or gloss over the problem. ------Just my thoughts.------John

06-12-2010, 10:25 AM	#25
FINESPLINE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Island of high taxes, N.Y. Posts: 541 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Another Racer Killed at E-Town How many people must be sacrificed before the NHRA takes this seriously ? The idea of the pea gravel from a truck runoff is a good starting thought but you are dealing with 50 to 80,000 lbs. at 60 to 70 mph. It is the weight sinking into the gravel ( gravity ) slowing it down. We are dealing with 2000 lbs trying to take off ( wings & things ). As well as the cars are built , I can see the gravel getting into the cockpit at those speeds. I believe you would want a ballistics suit on. Ever watch one of the CSI shows as they fire a bullet into a jello like substance to test ballistics. Well , I believe that may be the direction to look at and it will not be cheap.A life is too precious to ignore or gloss over the problem. ------Just my thoughts.------John