X-RayXI Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 01:03 PM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted June 1, 2010 Mike Conway, "just" a broken leg,.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 143 Topic Count: 512 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17078 Content Per Day: 3.26 Reputation: 42067 Achievement Points: 148515 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 677 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted June 1, 2010 that was one bad ass crash nothine left of the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WolfTiS Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 1130 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 28 Topic Count: 216 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2267 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 586 Achievement Points: 17291 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 12, 2021 Birthday: 04/02/1948 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Awesome, hard to believe someone could live through that. Shows how well they build them nowdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sun Tzu Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 542 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1628 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 29 Achievement Points: 11299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 3, 2014 Birthday: 03/01/1975 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Wish I could hav made it there this yeear my family lives like 2 blocks away from the SpeedWay. Glad to see he wasnt severly hurt/killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john tams Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 169 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 176 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 107 Achievement Points: 1355 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 29, 2021 Birthday: 03/24/1953 Share Posted June 1, 2010 The way the cars are built, is so that in a high speed crash like that the car disintergrates leaving just a "survival cell" containing the driver. as the car destroys itself a lot of the energy of the crash is dissapated with the various parts that come away from it. Also all the fuel lines are designed to snap apart at self sealing joints, so that unless the fuel cell (helicopter style self-sealing rubber bladder) is ruptured badly you won't get a fuel fire. (most flash fires you see on impact are usually oil and brake fluid related). Inside the "survival cell the driver is protected by a roll hoop over his head, and another at dashboard level, so that sliding along upside down his head can't come into contact with the track. And I think like in F 1 the drivers feet have to be inboard of the front axle line to prevent them suffering serious lower leg injuries. Plus they have the hans head and neck device to prevent the type of injury that killed Dale Earnhart All of this stuff comes mainly from Formula One and the FIA, Things have changed a lot since Imola 1994, when in my humble opinion we lost the best racing driver ever to step into a car,-certainly the best I have ever seen, and Iv'e been a been a F 1 fan for about 40+ years, namly one Ayrton Senna Da Silva, R.I.P. John Tams/Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
cspears Posted June 2, 2010 Member ID: 26 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 50 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1545 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 322 Achievement Points: 10604 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 25, 2019 Birthday: 01/18/1979 Share Posted June 2, 2010 We better be glad he only broke a leg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareXI Posted June 2, 2010 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted June 2, 2010 looks like he was not ready for take off... I didnt know there is a pilot licence needed at Indy 500 now but its the same with Formula 1 ...the cars are this safe atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
X-RayXI Posted June 8, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 01:03 PM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Well THIS SUCKS ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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