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First Denny was hurt...then Tony...Then Truex...then Denny again (kid needs to give up the wheel already)...then Labonte. If you count NW then Annett and Stacey too (plus some I am likely forgetting).

When the season begun I had a bad feeling more injuries would come (because of the G6 speed). Thing is, some are in the NW who still runs the COT, and some arent Cup related at all.

Also shocked the Bristol wreck produced so many injuries. It had a couple hard hits, but wasn't really that bad of a wreck. And Denny only got minor damage. It's amazing that that wreck injured 2 drivers but the NW Daytona wreck injured none. Even if we are only talking about cup, its amazing that wreck injured 2 people and the big one at Kentucky didnt. I mean 5 cars basically piled right into the back of Keslowski at 180 mph.
 
SlicedBread22 said:
They had theyre hands in the steering wheel and it turns suddenly when they were hit.
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Wrist and hand injuries are being looked at in IndyCar's new car after several incidents occurred and drivers like Tony Kanaan and Ryan Briscoe ended up with similar injuries. Their observation is that when they made steering and suspension components stronger, forces from seemingly minor contact with other cars or hard objects like walls was translated through the system to the next weakest link - the driver's hands, wrists, and forearms. Indycar's initial solution was to replace new steering arms with older technology parts (I think aluminum), that would 'give' in a collision. So now a driver's day is over after a minor crash, but he's good to go in the next race.

Wasn't the main reason for the Gen 6 improved driver safety? So the same thing happens, as the car is made safer for a major wreck by moving the seat, making the seat supports disperse energy more effectively, and making the driver compartment (roll cage) stronger, the next point of contact will be where injuries occur. Luckily, they're minor in nature, and NASCAR can study what happened to try to make the car even safer.

Maybe when they fixed the steering wheel assembly after Danica's crash at Daytona last year, it was made stronger in a way that transfers forces more directly to the wheel? Or it's been this way all along and drivers were just getting hurt worse, and a sprained wrist was the least of their problems.

EDIT: I know that Danica's wreck wasn't in a Cup car, but the steering wheel assembly is probably the same.

 
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SuperTex14 said:
Wrist and hand injuries are being looked at in IndyCar's new car after several incidents occurred and drivers like Tony Kanaan and Ryan Briscoe ended up with similar injuries. Their observation is that when they made steering and suspension components stronger, forces from seemingly minor contact with other cars or hard objects like walls was translated through the system to the next weakest link - the driver's hands, wrists, and forearms. Indycar's initial solution was to replace new steering arms with older technology parts (I think aluminum), that would 'give' in a collision. So now a driver's day is over after a minor crash, but he's good to go in the next race.

Wasn't the main reason for the Gen 6 improved driver safety? So the same thing happens, as the car is made safer for a major wreck by moving the seat, making the seat supports disperse energy more effectively, and making the driver compartment (roll cage) stronger, the next point of contact will be where injuries occur. Luckily, they're minor in nature, and NASCAR can study what happened to try to make the car even safer.

Maybe when they fixed the steering wheel assembly after Danica's crash at Daytona last year, it was made stronger in a way that transfers forces more directly to the wheel? Or it's been this way all along and drivers were just getting hurt worse, and a sprained wrist was the least of their problems.

EDIT: I know that Danica's wreck wasn't in a Cup car, but the steering wheel assembly is probably the same.

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Thinking after all her wrecks her steering assembly would be the best in NASCAR .
 
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