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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez
Frank,I think an F-18 Hornet (Std. Navy carrier plane) comes in a about 180 MPH @ about 18.000 lbs.
Maybe a series of 3 nets each stronger than the next would be the answer.I was on the starting line during the accident and it looked like nothing in place now would have helped.I think (personal opinion) that the concussion of the engine explosion rendered Scott unconcious.The car went straight down the right lane without apparantly not losing much speed.The pea gravel didn't do much but to help launch the car into the TV crane.I think they have to rethink putting any equiptment along the track after the finish line.Only my opinion not fact.A real tragedy for Connie and the family and friends.
Ed
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Thank you for the reply. With that info it may be possible to re-engineer it and be effective at the given weight and speed of a drag car.
It was estimated that Scott did not apply any braking and went into the pea gravel at 200 mph.
It may only be my opinion but:
If the chutes had deployed there may not have been a severe wreck.
If the lift was not parked there the car would have flipped over into the trees, a very bad wreck but possibly no fatality. The lift did not move when the back of the car flipped over into it. The amount of energy must have been so great that items welded to the cage were torn off as if glued on with elmer's school glue.