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AtomicLabMonkey · 2011-10-18, 09:39 AM

NASCAR was far faster (i think the lap record was 212+ mph) at their big speedways 25 years ago. They only added restrictor plates to slow the cars down after a 'big one' where a car nearly made it through the catch fence right along the front stretch.

Open wheel cars have been too fast on ovals for a long time now. This is nothing new. CART was doing 240+ at Cali speedway a decade ago. Drivers were practically blacking out at Texas a couple years or so ago from the sustained G force. The only thing that's surprising is that there haven't been more deaths. Most people just have no appreciation for the impact energy involved when you hit a solid object at speeds that high, even if its a 'safer' wall, and then are shocked when someone finally dies..

2011-10-18, 09:39 AM	#13
AtomicLabMonkey Nightwalker Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 4,063 Car: '13 WRX YGBSM	NASCAR was far faster (i think the lap record was 212+ mph) at their big speedways 25 years ago. They only added restrictor plates to slow the cars down after a 'big one' where a car nearly made it through the catch fence right along the front stretch. Open wheel cars have been too fast on ovals for a long time now. This is nothing new. CART was doing 240+ at Cali speedway a decade ago. Drivers were practically blacking out at Texas a couple years or so ago from the sustained G force. The only thing that's surprising is that there haven't been more deaths. Most people just have no appreciation for the impact energy involved when you hit a solid object at speeds that high, even if its a 'safer' wall, and then are shocked when someone finally dies.. __________________ "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.. you're locked in here with me."