The seat is absolutely one of the main safety components just like the fuel tank, safety belts, helmet, or any other safety devise in a race car... and they have came a long way from the days of sitting on a bucket or milk crate. My buddy who is one of my ex teammates is going to drive a nitro funny car that is based on the East Coast in a few races this year and he just flew all the way across the country last week and spent 2 days at their race shop just to be fitted in the car and have a seat liner poured. They have to cover the seat in a plastic bag and pour a liquid foam in to it and then the driver has to put his fire suit on and sit in the seat and they pour it all around the driver to make a mold that when is dry will be fitted back into the seat for extra protection.
Justice?? He got turned through no fault of his own, he didn't make a dumb move to get himself wrecked, it came from behind. You need to change your glasses. Joey's comment was he didn't like this style of racing and sooner or later we will have another death. This is not racing, it is throwing the dice and hope you don't come up snake eyes.
Its racing in every sense of the word. We've been plate racing since 1989 and all of the doomsday scenarios have yet to happen and with the advances in safety over the years is even less likely now. Racing isnt safe anywhere, but the risks have been minimized.
Except to Dale Earnhardt, granted that was 20 years ago now though.
Earnhardts death was a lot more complicated then plate racing.
