JD McDuffie

My brother and I were at Watkins Glen the day we lost JD at the end of the backstretch. We were sitting in turn #2 @ the bottom of the hill. That was in the days before they had the big screens at the track and fan's handheld scanners were not the norm. We didn't have a clue what truly happened until much later in the race. A sad day indeed.
 
sdj said:
What Happened?
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Long story short, JD ran into the wall at the end of the backstretch, the fastest part of the course. At that time, there was no chicane or gravel trap.

The chicane was added so drivers would use the brakes farther from the end of the straghtaway. Any resulting paint-trading would also happen further from the wall. That's the purpose of most chicanes.

Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._McDuffie
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Long story short, JD ran into the wall at the end of the backstretch, the fastest part of the course. At that time, there was no chicane or gravel trap.

The chicane was added so drivers would use the brakes farther from the end of the straghtaway. Any resulting paint-trading would also happen further from the wall. That's the purpose of most chicanes.

Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._McDuffie
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It's interesting that McDuffie's cause of death (basilar skull fracture) was the same as Earnhardt's, almost 10 years later.

The fact that it took as long as it did to make the HANS device a requirement is truly a black eye for NASCAR.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Long story short, JD ran into the wall at the end of the backstretch, the fastest part of the course. At that time, there was no chicane or gravel trap.

The chicane was added so drivers would use the brakes farther from the end of the straghtaway. Any resulting paint-trading would also happen further from the wall. That's the purpose of most chicanes.

Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._McDuffie
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Thanks for the article, good read on what happened and more.
 
Hotrod said:
Its on youtube. Look up Tommy Kendalls crash there to.
I think it was the same corner a few months before. Broke his legs.
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The stuff you forget. I remember Kendalls crash. He's a tall guy, if I remember correctly.
 
Coors9 said:
The stuff you forget. I remember Kendalls crash. He's a tall guy, if I remember correctly.
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Yep. Car looked like this.
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dpkimmel2001 said:
My brother and I were at Watkins Glen the day we lost JD at the end of the backstretch. We were sitting in turn #2 @ the bottom of the hill. That was in the days before they had the big screens at the track and fan's handheld scanners were not the norm. We didn't have a clue what truly happened until much later in the race. A sad day indeed.
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I was travelling to see my folks in Arkansas..... listening on MRN..... I still remember the broadcast ...........
 
pjmolo said:
It's interesting that McDuffie's cause of death (basilar skull fracture) was the same as Earnhardt's, almost 10 years later.

The fact that it took as long as it did to make the HANS device a requirement is truly a black eye for NASCAR.
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When Jimmy Means looked in the car you knew it was very, very bad.
 
The aftermath of this particular injury can be horrendous.
 
when they put the trap over the car you knew something was wrong.
 
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