Off Topic: NASCAR

[phocis850]

They will receive so much data from this one crash that it will help to improve overall safety for years to come.

That guy looked like a terrible driver that doesn't have any patience. Even the lap before he bumped twice.

[juraitwaluzka]

And just don't have those first few rows, those are the worst seats in the house by far, especially at a big track, you can see almost nothing.

[AUTiger7222]

(02-24-2013 09:57 AM)Drathdon Wrote:  While people are saying more needs to be done to protect the fans (which is always the case), mad props to that fence and the design that essentially stopped an entire car and engine from plowing into the stands at point blank range, with that speed and power. People are neglecting to acknowledge just how amazing the safety standards in place were in what is the worse-case scenario in a wreck near the fans. The debris that did damage went over the top... maybe baseball-like netting over the entire crowd would help that?

Prayers out to those injured for a quick recovery.

Correct. But we can have an engine sitting up where that engine ended up because that's a walk way where people are. It's really amazing nobody was killed.

[Aftermath]

Nascar would be easier to watch if it was more like death race, I used to be a fan but stopped watching when people stopped getting killed every year. It was like watching a few dozen drivers play Russian roulette, oh the entertainment!!!

[Aftermath]

I guess watching a bunch of drunk rednecks dodge car parts can be fun too it just needs to happen more often. Tear down that fence!!!!

[Jesus]

I watched Days of Thunder on Saturday.

Fuckin Cole Trickle.

[phocis850]

Great race. Glad to see Danica do so well.

[AUTiger7222]

(02-24-2013 09:58 PM)phocis850 Wrote:  Great race. Glad to see Danica do so well.

It was a terrible race. Most boring race I have ever seen and I've been watching NASCAR for as long as I can remember. I have never seen a race where at least 75% of the race was single file riding around in circles.

[BC32Falcons513]

(02-23-2013 06:58 PM)AUTiger7222 Wrote:  Here is video from a fan in the stands of where the tire landed.

Those tires are huge and heavy. And that's without the wheel. Couldn't imagine getting plowed with one.

[BC32Falcons513]

(02-24-2013 11:47 AM)juraitwaluzka Wrote:  And just don't have those first few rows, those are the worst seats in the house by far, especially at a big track, you can see almost nothing.

Always sit as high as possible. Especially at Bristol.