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The extensive injuries suffered by Winston Cup driver Jerry Nadeau in a crash at RIR this month have some of the series' physically bigger drivers talking to Nascar about escape hatches. Similar to the setups found in the roofs of NHRA Funny Car bodies, the hatch idea was proposed last summer by Texas native Bobby Labonte. #38-Elliott Salder, who is 6' 2" tall and 195 lbs., said the idea definitley has merit. "I would really like to see that come, being a big guy." said Sadler, driver of the #38 Ford Taurus at Robert Yates Racing. "I cannot sit here and tell you that if my car hits drivers-side and catches fire , that I can get out of the right side. It's an easy thing to do in the shop when there is no panic, but if there is a fire on something going on, I think it would be hard to do that. I would really like to see the hatches be put in place." Exiting a Cup car in duress has become increasingly difficult since NASCAR mandates the use of the HANS Device.