shoulda bought the econo size bucket
well Fromthestands I'm still waiting on what your qualifications are since your not dealing with anything that has happened so until then your concerns are just a waste of time because without qualifications your just making uneducated suppositions....it sounds like your a member of CARS and if your not you should be...I'm sure they could find a way to benefit from your "expertise"
Okay, I'm officially confused now. Well done !
(You d@## wall flower Shadow, lmao)
That is an obvious solution if there was an issue with speed but I havn't heard of any concerns from anyone who's on the track or managing it. In other words the concerns Inthesands has are not relevant.
I'm not really sure they are concerns. I'm just trying to say: If you want implement or look at implementing the safety devices listed above, then you have to concider a reduction in speed amongst them. We can't keep making improvements in the performance of the cars without concidering the impact of speed on saftey of the drivers. It will get to a point were the "tolerable risk" (great term Jim) will have every division mandated with all the latest and greatest safety equipment. That will shortly be followed by insurance underwriters demanding prohibitive changes to the track, track surface, walls, emergency equipment and proceedures. That will be closely followed by a closed front gate.
It's obvious there's a point it needs to be concidered. Just look at the enduro division. Not too many cars survive those big impacts anymore, the damage is almost always terminal, for the current race anyway. That wasn't always the case.
Believe it or not, a few years back, it was suggested that the change from radials to Hoosiers was the start of the snowball.
And how many of the Enduro guys were Injuried from these big impacts that require all this safty devices
I would just like to say that all this safety stuff would be nice for the the guys that make big money or the big sponsored guys. But if you look at the enduros. I would say that 90% of them run race to race. And if you were to go out and watch them race, instead of just bitching about all this safety stuff you would see that it is not all needed. Some of the biggest crashes that I have ever seen have happend on a Sat Enduro. Cars up sidedown, cars being hit at a stand still. But in all the years that I have raced and been apart of it, only 1 with any major injury. That was to his legs not his head.
Just my opinion, away with all the talks of this safety stuff or you will end the Enduros all togther.
Fsbandit
I think the talk was mostly related to the Supers? My concern with the enduros might be more of a car preparation deal than personal safety. That being said I don't think you should out on a track without a fullface helmet and gloves. I'm sure everybody racing can afford at least that, if you can't see the value in that perhaps ringette might be more suitable ;D