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Originally Posted by Stephen & Horace Johnson
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This concrete barrier SUCKS--just like the NHRA. I've seen
more cars wrecked/damaged BECAUSE of that concrete retaining wall than all those previous years (1972-1989) of my race track attendance.
The overwhelming majority of drag cars do less than 150 mph on top end and as such this barrier is UNNECCESSARY.
From a fans' perspective that barrier absolutely RUINED watching the races from the ground level; ditto for taking pictures or videotaping the races.
Before that abominable wall was implemented starting in 1990 (thanks to the fuelers knocking on the 300 mph door back in 1988-89), if a car went out of shape, you had a
very good chance of saving it from
any body damage (or worse) by going off the track onto the very soft, deep, grass median BEFORE you contacted the guardrail; seen that
many a time! Not to mention saving the clean up crew lots of work by simply pulling off the macadam onto the grass when an oil down occurs.
Too bad those concrete barriers are not retractable (like say, back another 60 feet from the edge of the track) those times when the fuelers and funnys are not running (like almost never) at ones track. Yeah, that would really be great. But then again, since when does NHRA do anything logical or beneficial, especially for the so-called "little guys"?
M68
04-26-2010, 05:38 AM
Re: Bob Reed Crashed
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