Another Racer Killed at E-Town

[W J]

Originally Posted by Carl Juliano

I always wondered if there is something other than sand that would cause more resistance for the car to slowly "dig in"?, it seems the sand isnt soft enough in some cases, and the cars seem to skim across it.

Carl, up in the mountains of northern New England---Vermont especially, they have run-away ramps off steep highway grades and hills for the semis and tractor-trailer rigs. They construct these ramps of very fine pea stone---maybe 1/4-3/8" diameter stone. Ramps are very soft and up to 2 feet deep. Maybe the fine pea stone would do a better job making the run-away racecar dig in and drastically slow it down better than the sand, but who knows?.....a tough thing to speculate---coming into a trap at a high speed---for sure....WJ