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IRL crash. (car explodes)

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MikeMike

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amazed there is no thread.

did anyone see it? the car went into the air, hit the fence, split in half and exploded.

i hope i have the right racing league, as all i saw was a quick picture of it.

Video!
 
KK, in a wreck it is all about disapating the energy of the wreck. In the case of this IRL wreck, you can see the car breaks up. It is designed that way so that the areas around the driver absort the impart, versus the driver's seat and the driver. If you watch Earnhardt's wreck, you will not see the car not give very much at all. The seatbelt failure in Dale's case may have been because he absorbed the impact into that wall at 150+ MPH, or because it failed previously. Regardless, had the car been designed to have crupple zones, the impact that Dale received may have been less. Enough so that it did not kill him.

Trevor
 
Originally posted by: hellman69
KK, in a wreck it is all about disapating the energy of the wreck. In the case of this IRL wreck, you can see the car breaks up. It is designed that way so that the areas around the driver absort the impart, versus the driver's seat and the driver. If you watch Earnhardt's wreck, you will not see the car not give very much at all. The seatbelt failure in Dale's case may have been because he absorbed the impact into that wall at 150+ MPH, or because it failed previously. Regardless, had the car been designed to have crupple zones, the impact that Dale received may have been less. Enough so that it did not kill him.

Trevor
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He didn't hit the wall at 150+MPH.
 
I was hoping somebody driving a car in NYC jumped off a bridge onto rail tracks and got slammed by a subway train.
 
Originally posted by: hellman69
KK, in a wreck it is all about disapating the energy of the wreck. In the case of this IRL wreck, you can see the car breaks up. It is designed that way so that the areas around the driver absort the impart, versus the driver's seat and the driver. If you watch Earnhardt's wreck, you will not see the car not give very much at all. The seatbelt failure in Dale's case may have been because he absorbed the impact into that wall at 150+ MPH, or because it failed previously. Regardless, had the car been designed to have crupple zones, the impact that Dale received may have been less. Enough so that it did not kill him.

Trevor
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Not true about Earnhardt. It was a side impact and he wasn't wearing the helmet designed to protect the neck from side-to-side movement. I doubt they could have done much to the design of the car or wall to stop something like that. The real fix is mandating the head-neck restraints, but NASCAR never did it.

On a side note: http://www.infinitemile.com/gallery/misc/hit

<--- going to hell
 
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