| Ghoti |
Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:14 pm |
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GeorgeL wrote: russell wrote: so, it has happenned, personally i think it sucks but its a good thing in the step of safety.
Quote: NHRA shortens race distance for Top Fuel and Funny Car classes to 1,000 feet as an interim safety measure
And it wouldn't have made any difference at all in the accident in question.
Nope. |
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| Tram |
Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:28 pm |
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| It should be against the law for anyone or anything to stand between a Darwin award and a qualified recipient. |
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| Eaallred |
Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:56 am |
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GeorgeL wrote: russell wrote: so, it has happenned, personally i think it sucks but its a good thing in the step of safety.
Quote: NHRA shortens race distance for Top Fuel and Funny Car classes to 1,000 feet as an interim safety measure
And it wouldn't have made any difference at all in the accident in question.
Agree 100%. Normally a car goes into the rail to scrub off speed. It's 'odd' that it continued straight as an arrow down the track. It was a fluke that it happened. It's a terrible tragidy, but 1000' racing isn't going to change much IMHO. |
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| GeorgeL |
Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:43 pm |
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Eaallred wrote:
Agree 100%. Normally a car goes into the rail to scrub off speed. It's 'odd' that it continued straight as an arrow down the track. It was a fluke that it happened. It's a terrible tragidy, but 1000' racing isn't going to change much IMHO.
Well, as has already been discussed, it is possible to implement a barrier system that would have prevented this, but it appears that the NHRA is more interested in the appearance of "doing something" than in actually improving safety.
Perhaps the NHRA is looking at what happened to the audience revenues of NASCAR after the publicity of Dale Earnhart dying. |
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