Worst Crash of the Season!!!!

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I think back through the year and only a couple stand out.

Tony Stewart @ Darlington was wicked.
Dale Jr. and Harvick at California i think.
Dale Jr. & Steve Park @ Pocono looked bad but both were fine.
 
Not the most pleasant topic, but does lend to some interesting approaches to the sport.

Let's just say that all crashes are negative events and if injury results even more so.

So I'm gonna limit my response to NASCAR only. And limit the deal to effect on the season and potential effect on the sport.

The season: Would have to be Marlin at Kansas. A strong points contender is eliminated from the hunt.

Runner-up: Jr at Fontana. Though Jr is much maligned, going into this race, the tenth of the season, Jr was 5th in the popints standing with 5 top fives in the 9 races leading to California. Unknown to fans and official alike Jr's crash resulted in a seemingly sifnificant concussion. The upshot of that, it was to be the 24th race of the season at Bristol before Jr again scored a top 5. Seems he went on from there to have one of the top ranking latter thirds of the series.

To the sport:

Both of the above may prove to have far reaching impact on the sport as well.

Sterling's crash seems to have led to the serious consideration of creating a driver substitution program which could lead to some questionable driver champions in the future.

Jr's crash has led to NASCAR entering the realm of medical clearance on a more intense basis. This too may lead to many conspiracy and collusion issues in the future.

Might haves:

The BGN crash early in the race at Talledega which eliminated an astounding number of cars from contention, led me to wonder if we might see a race called off early for lack of competitors.

The Steve Park- Dale Jr crash at Pocono. Steve's car came so very close to escaping the guardrail's containment and entering a fan populated infield that my heart skipped a beat or two. Had that happened and fans were either seriously injured or killed, the consequences of such very likely would have an impact on the sport not many of us have ever seen.
 
i would agree with the marlin incident and jr with park at pocono. glad everyone is doing fine
 
Can you imagine if there would have been a concrete wall there instead of the gaurd rails (that gave way) in Jr and Park's crash? Steve's car would have been cut in half.
 
I would have to say Steve Parks crash at Pocono and Sterling Marlin wrecking at Kansas are two of the worst wrecks I have seen all year.
The Talladega Busch race also had a really bad wreck that took out over two-thirds of the field. Only three cars (untill Kenny Wallace's enigine expired with ten laps to go) where running up front after the wreck and no one could pass the leader. The other thing about that race that was interesting was when the decal on Stacey Compton's car pealed off.
 
I'd have to say Mike Harmon's crash at Bristol was the worst one... he was lucky to be alive after that one. The one at Fontana with Jr and Harvick was pretty bad too, so was the Pocono crash.
 
Originally posted by followthe18
Can you imagine if there would have been a concrete wall there instead of the gaurd rails (that gave way) in Jr and Park's crash?  Steve's car would have been cut in half.
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Yes I can imagine it. We have seen it before.

But cold as it may sound, racers and fans are different critters when it comes to risk. The sport risks it drivers every day, goes with the territory. The sport dare not have its fans at risk.

Right or wrong, it is.
 
Ya know what I find interesting ft18?

Yesterday I posted that NASCAR in the person of Gary Nelson was off to watch testing of the SAFER barrier designed for short tracks. (A program which I personally want NASCAR to help move along as quickly as is humanly possible.) The hope is to have this barrier rady and installed by next season.

Not one single person responded to the thread. :(
 
I think everyone agrees that there is a need for them at most tracks. I certainly do.
 
Those all where bad. I think Copes was the worst one. It might not looked as bad as harmons, or Park and Jr's but it was the one that caused the most injury.

For one out of NASACAR I would have to go with the one at the green flag of the CART Austraila race.
 
Cope's crash was a pretty bad hit.. almost tore the roof off of the car.
 
HS, people don't care about safety. Tha majority of NASCAR fans are watching the races IN HOPES of seeing a crash.
 
Yeah, I know it Paul... and its sad that it has to be that way with them. They pay 85 bucks for a ticket and they expect around 85 wrecks.
 
I don't want to anyone to crash!! If i don't like the person I say blow and engine or somethign liek that. But I am amased at how few people get seriously injured in crashes today. For anyone not familar with racing saw Jimmy Spencers crash last week they would have been worried for his life. I was not bc i know how safe those cars are. The fire was scary but that went out fast.
 
I don't want to anyone to crash!! If i don't like the person I say blow and engine or somethign liek that. But I am amased at how few people get seriously injured in crashes today. For anyone not familar with racing saw Jimmy Spencers crash last week they would have been worried for his life. I was not bc i know how safe those cars are. The fire was scary but that went out fast.
 
Originally posted by HardScrabble
Ya know what I find interesting ft18?

Yesterday I posted that NASCAR in the person of Gary Nelson was off to watch testing of the SAFER barrier designed for short tracks. (A program which I personally want NASCAR to help move along as quickly as is humanly possible.) The hope is to have this barrier rady and installed by next season.

Not one single person responded to the thread. :(
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Better go back and look again, HS, cuz I know I did, but was having ISP problems too.

Each and every wreck causes my heart to stop, pray, and hope nobody is hurt!
 
Wait just a minute now Mr. Paul> Let me just go ahead and tell you that I care about the safety of every driver out there. I could care less if there is ever a crash in a race. The only reason I posted this topic is to get more posts up and get out of this "punk rookie" status that seems to be so important to you and a few others. I dont have the luxury of getting to spend my whole day, every day, on this forum like some people do.
 
And I dont want to see the crashes but I do like to see them once in a while during streches and not every other lap like in Bristol. And I like them even better when I see that window net go down and the driver get out
 
Well, it seems that the owner of this board has laid the smak down on the rest of us low-lifes. And I do not particularly care for the insinuation.
 
My vote is for Harmon's crash at Bristol...been a while since I've seen a car torn up like that.

As for people going to the races, hoping to see wrecks...

Those aren't race fans, those are ghouls.
 
Gotta go with the Steve Park-Little E crash at Pocono. I was convinced somebody wasn't gonna come out in one piece. That was as scary a sight as I've ever seen in racing.
 
I would have to go with Harmon at Bristol #1 But #2 would be the Cope wreck at Richmond when the throtle stuck.
 
Originally posted by #44NVRA
I would have to go with Harmon at Bristol #1 But #2 would be the Cope wreck at Richmond when the throtle stuck.
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That's my top picks, Harmon's wreck was unbelievable.
 
Copes crash still gives me chills... seeing his head bouncing around in the car after impact.
 
For Busch, Harmon, Cope and I believe it was Jeff Purvis, early in the season. The Wolf car being stopped in the middle of the road and then hit broadside by another vehicle.

Winston, Pocono crash, Junior at california and Marlin's last two.
 
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