Safer Barrier?

[SlicedBread22]

This may not be the place for this I'm watching the ARCA race and John Wes Townley just took a hard hit to the inside wall of I think turn 4. About 100 or so feet from where he hit I noticed that there is no SAFER barrier and it is in a very similar spot to where Denny Hamlin hit at Auto Club. John Wes easily could have wrecked a bit sooner and hit that spot, he's lucky he hit where he did. I just can't really believe that after the things that have happened.. the proof that has been laid in front of everyone's faces that a car can and will hit ANYWHERE on the track should be enough to make every single track have SAFER barriers everywhere. I think at this point if a driver hits a wall with no SAFER barrier the track should be directly responsible for any medical bills that may ensue. When will NASCAR get a grip and just make every single place at every track have them?

 

[mike honcho]

This may not be the place for this I'm watching the ARCA race and John Wes Townley just took a hard hit to the inside wall of I think turn 4. About 100 or so feet from where he hit I noticed that there is no SAFER barrier and it is in a very similar spot to where Denny Hamlin hit at Auto Club. John Wes easily could have wrecked a bit sooner and hit that spot, he's lucky he hit where he did. I just can't really believe that after the things that have happened.. the proof that has been laid in front of everyone's faces that a car can and will hit ANYWHERE on the track should be enough to make every single track have SAFER barriers everywhere. I think at this point if a driver hits a wall with no SAFER barrier the track should be directly responsible for any medical bills that may ensue. When will NASCAR get a grip and just make every single place at every track have them?

When somebody dies from hitting the inside wall.

 

[SlicedBread22]

My point exactly. It can be easily fixed. But can just as easily kill someone if it's not. It's just stupid for any track to not have it everywhere.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

When somebody dies from hitting the inside wall.

Uh, someone already did.

Fly high, Three-bird.

 

[mike honcho]

Uh, someone already did.

Fly high, Three-bird.

I said INSIDE WALL

 

[#17D500winner]

Greg Moore hit the inside wall.

 

[SlicedBread22]

Maybe they should ask sponsors.. lol "wana sponsor a 12 foot section of safer barrier?"

 

[Johali]

Maybe they should ask sponsors.. lol "wana sponsor a 12 foot section of safer barrier?"

Then we would confuse it with a drag strip.

 

[Magnethead]

Then we would confuse it with a drag strip.

<crickets>

and could you have found any older of a picture? 5 ambers is.....hell I dont even know when that was, i've only heard rumors of it...

 

[BobbyFord]

Greg Moore hit the inside wall.

That was sad, and a wicked hit. The car rolled over and Greg hit the inside wall with his helmet.

 

[Johali]

<crickets>

and could you have found any older of a picture? 5 ambers is.....hell I dont even know when that was, i've only heard rumors of it...

Yeah but its still a cool picture.

 

[Joniki]

Then we would confuse it with a drag strip.

Vega???

 

[Johali]

I don't know, this is where I found it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianmontone/4247910626/

 

[mike honcho]

Vega???

Yes

 

[Joniki]

Yes

That was back when you could ID a car by its tail or headlights.

 

[FenderBumper]

I wonder if it has the original aluminum block.

 

[KevinWI]

Vega???

Then we would confuse it with a drag strip.

Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, Wisconsin! About 30 minutes from where I grew up! Watched my pop and his buds race their dragsters there a bunch of times! Amazing old school drag strip! Still a ton of stuff going on there! The only little gas station in Union Grove has a pump that sells 100+ Octane race gas, in case you forget where you are!

 

[Captain Coyfish]

Greg Moore hit the inside wall.

But that was a long time ago. I think he means in the future.

 

[StandOnIt]

they spent their driver safety budget on the gate.

 

[Nitro Dude]

Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, Wisconsin! About 30 minutes from where I grew up! Watched my pop and his buds race their dragsters there a bunch of times! Amazing old school drag strip! Still a ton of stuff going on there! The only little gas station in Union Grove has a pump that sells 100+ Octane race gas, in case you forget where you are!

I took the son of the owner of the Funny Car team that I work on there last year and he won with his Jr dragster. He raced his Jr dragster there again last weekend and he won again.

 

[KevinWI]

I took the son of the owner of the Funny Car team that I work on there last year and he won with his Jr dragster. He raced his Jr dragster there again last weekend and he won again.

Yeah, they still have lots of stuff going on there! They used to have 4 second 300mph+ jet dragsters there. More than a few times, if they couldn't stop, they would go across the highway and end up in the sod farm across the way.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I said INSIDE WALL

You're right. My mistake. I went off half-****ed on the subject.