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Topic: My Take On The Whole Form Of Motorsports (Dan Wheldon Aftermath) "FIXED"
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October 17, 2011 at
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I know I'll prolly been banned, but, all this talk after dan wheldons tragic wreak has just made me have to write this. I feel I am the only one saying this and after jimmie johnson said, take indy cars off the ovals. I feel what Im about to say relates to sprint car racing, just as much as other forms of motorsports cause of how dangerous they are. So, take the indy cars off the ovals give them 300hp engines n fluffy pillow walls around the track. They run almost 240 at indy for the last 5 yrs and run at texas and lv for several yrs with similiar speeds. But, the day drivers can get in race cars and the sport has made it to the point there is absolutely no way possible to lose a life on the race track is the day I wont watch or support any form of motorsport that is that. IT IS sad and tragic guys lose their lives, but it is what separetes race car drivers from every regular guy walkin down the street. No one is forced: into the race car, to sky dive, join the army, swim with sharks, play with deadly snakes, snowboard/ski down mountains/cliffs, ride rapids, do tricks on motorcycles/skateboards/snowboards, and every other thing that a regular person says; THAT'S INSANE, CRAZY AND I'LL NEVER DO THAT. And in all those things, if things go wrong or someone makes a mistake, you can die. It is risk versus reward, and to most fans and drivers the reward of racing a car past the limits is the greatest feeling in the world. But, they don't re carve mountains with safety nets, add safer barriers to the sides of roaring rapids, make bullets that don't kill, make a earth with pillow cushions, add foam pits to competitive extreme sports "that's for practice", make the sharks get neutered, remove venom from the snake, and they should never remove the element of death from racing. Its what makes it more than a game, strikes fear in a regular person, the thrill and nerve it takes to do it. You want a safe form of fast turns and speed, ride a roller coaster, anyone can do it, u wont get hurt or killed, oh wait that still happens sometimes.. So maybe no matter what they do to control the cars the element will still be there? I don't know but: slowing the cars, changing the tracks, limiting speeds and softening the blows, only takes the respect from drivers and fans of the vehicles and the tracks they race on. At that point the element of death is gone from racing, IT WILL BE SAD! Cause, I don't know about you, but a race car should always FOREVER be feared and respected for what it can do..... hopefully that acceptable for you guys and gals
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October 17, 2011 at
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editing the original one would suffice.
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October 17, 2011 at
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ment to fully delete it but didn't notice close thread, I'm sry sir
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October 17, 2011 at
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Posted By: ChazT on October 17 2011 at 05:24:38 PM
ment to fully delete it but didn't notice close thread, I'm sry sir
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If you delete this one it will disappear.
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October 17, 2011 at
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Couldn't disagree more.Of course racing is inherently dangerous, but every safety factor that would make it non lethal is good. Plenty easy to get injured in football or basketball, but not likely to get killed, still plenty exciting.
I'm fairly new to sprint cars, I've been wondering all along if I could keep going if I witnessed a fatality....
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