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12:38:51 AM by BIGFISH
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Posted By: captrat on June 14 2013 at 10:10:52 AM
At a time like this there is always emotion involved. I have been around sprint car racing now for 6 decades. Be careful what you wish for. To compare NASCAR with our style of racing is just not applicable. On any given weekend throughout the country there are more laps, participants, etc. than an entire season of NASCAR or Indy Car. In most cases these go off without a hitch. These accidents should be investigated in hopes of learning from them, but if one believes that requiring small, local tracks to come up to the standards of NASCAR, they will soon be out of business and our type of racing will soon be only a memory. Is racing safer today than in the past, most certainly. The ratio of racing fatalities to the volume of racing is much better than in the past. Improvements in this area will only come when experts (drivers, mechanics, builders, organizers, track owners, safety engineers,etc.) are allowed to dispassionately evaluate situations and make pragmatic and attainable changes which do not destroy the very thing we are trying to preserve.
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I was around when there was clammering going on about banning our sport and though I don't think it can happen, it's clear that when they post the $7,000 winners purse as if it was a insignifacant amout of money to rick your life for, that few really understand true racers like Jason or follow our sport at all.
I agree, to call for safer barriers and other NASCAR type safety measures is not only impractical, it's unnecessary in my opinion. I'm not saying we shouldn't continue to strive for safety improvements in both the cars and the facilities they race on, I'm just saying we're a long ways from the day's (I was there) when if you had put a 16 year old kid in a open wheeled car you would have been arrested for child endangerment. We're a long way's from those day's and I'm sure it's going to continue to get safer, but as I've always said, "anything that can happen, will happen" when it comes to Sprint car racing.
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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Posted By: maddog53 on June 13 2013 at 03:56:50 PM
For Christ's sake, some of you guys are just cold, and have no clue about life. A man died, a racer died, a Father died, and all you Morons care to do is argue. Who cares what, where, when, why? Save it for another day.. Geez Louise, let the man's family and loved one's grieve before you put your stupidity out there for all to see. You know what they say: Better to be thought of as a cold, heartless moron than to open your mouth and prove it to the world. Please Jason, forgive the ignorant and Rest In Peace.
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Im lightly offended by the begining of this post, I understand your point, now please try to understand mine, Ill call a truce for the sake of argument over a saddened event and by no means was this thread started for the sake of disrespect to the Leffler family , if you have followed the sport closely for quite a few years you will recognize the bars and restaints added have names.... some are named after a drivers fatality or injury. "King Clamps" come to mind, and honestly was the first thing I looked for when I purchased my Butler seat, Stainless hardwear and the correct mounting position of harnesses , the correct load dispurtion of belts on tubing, and not loading the seat was kept in mind and added to solve a potential problem some day, All of these were gathered from testimony, inspection, and sadly (the most terrible level) fatalities, or injury. What happened to Jason is deeply humbeling, in regards tho, its too late, whats done is done, NOW, what can we do to make sure a driver has the tools at his fingertips to protect himself and his family from experianceing this same tragedy. will he pursue the avenues given? will he purchase or update his equipment? that's up to him, BUT ,by making the Knowledge guained from these events "Main Stream", he has the facts in his lap and should weight the options of purchase, installation, or use of a product or device that might increase his chances of going home with a broken racecar and NOT a broken family. IVE followed these following words for quite a few years now, drivers! "YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR OWN ASS" nobody will do it for you, don't wait for someone to check for you, the best thing loved ones can do, is help thier driver update his/her equipment get in contact with the right people that can educate you (not just sell you ) a device ect, if your driver uses it once he/she will understand your efforts to protect them, in all honestly there is just too much going on around racecars to keep on top of this topic,, and only realistic racers would agree with this, the only person that pulls my lap belt tight is my brother, or (rarely if he is not in attendance for the night ) someone I truly trust my life with..
On a side note, I have watched the crash testing of the chassis in Indiana ? I believe,? Ive watched it over and over several times, for a couple years now, I applaud the effort to gain some knowledge of what might happen with these type of racecars , understood no two incidents are alike, but the second testing impact of the chassis uses a ram/accelerator platform, on the bottom of the car, the load is being displaced much like you would crush a pop can under your foot, and the test is on a weakened semi destroyed chassis, the forces and weight is not displayed, is this test even remoltly accurate or a worse case senerio type deal? the test proves a standard type chassis is a " paperclip" and the driver has absolutely no chance of survival in my mind. Just a little something ive noticed and sickly tried to understand without facts, anybody else notice this same thing? Good Luck to all .. The best recognition you can give to Leffler this weekend is to keep your own protection,and a fellow competitors in sight , Tastefully help each other out..
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