Just read this on DRO

63corvette · 10-08-2008, 12:09 PM

Talk about track safety. I attended a NHRA National open this summer at a midwest track where there was NO Guardrail Past The Finish Line on the left hand side. It was stacked off the side of the track in loose piles about 50 ft from the racing surface. It was armor plate and piled loosly with exposed ends sticking up in the air. I went there and pushed the piles with those sticking up in the air toward the track down to where they did not point down track where cars would be coming at them but the loosely stacked piles were still there.
I was not comfortable with the track but decided to run and run the right lane as much as possible as we had traveled so far. There was a small car count and no crashes but it could have been a disaster. Needless to say my last trip there.
By the way the division NHRA crew was there and watched it happen.

10-08-2008, 12:09 PM	#17
63corvette Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canyon, Tx Posts: 553 Likes: 128 Liked 361 Times in 104 Posts	Re: Just read this on DRO Talk about track safety. I attended a NHRA National open this summer at a midwest track where there was NO Guardrail Past The Finish Line on the left hand side. It was stacked off the side of the track in loose piles about 50 ft from the racing surface. It was armor plate and piled loosly with exposed ends sticking up in the air. I went there and pushed the piles with those sticking up in the air toward the track down to where they did not point down track where cars would be coming at them but the loosely stacked piles were still there. I was not comfortable with the track but decided to run and run the right lane as much as possible as we had traveled so far. There was a small car count and no crashes but it could have been a disaster. Needless to say my last trip there. By the way the division NHRA crew was there and watched it happen.