LRP Historics today - bad wreck
09-04-2014, 03:58 AM
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I guess all those lives lost racing "unsafe in a crash" race cars were for naught....
You have to be crazy stupid to race a car with no rollover protection. But hey, it's your life, right?
09-04-2014, 07:57 AM
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Not imminent, AFAIK. The last fatality in the Club was 1986, Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.
It's all relative. Most other groups active operating competition events for the last fifty-five years have no better record...
I'm not promoting racing cars without fuel cells and roll bars (or cages), but I am thankful that that option still exists for those who choose to do that.
We make Europe and the UK look like the Wild West!
It's all relative. Most other groups active operating competition events for the last fifty-five years have no better record...
I'm not promoting racing cars without fuel cells and roll bars (or cages), but I am thankful that that option still exists for those who choose to do that.
We make Europe and the UK look like the Wild West!
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09-04-2014, 10:09 AM
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As a nation we have fought very hard and at great cost for our freedom to choose. This is just another choice. I might not share some choices but I respect them even when they plain scare me.
A similar argument could be made when I choose to go out on my bicycle, motorcycle or my vintage Porsches out on the road with 18-wheelers, SUV's and drunks.
Let's all be safe.....
09-04-2014, 01:20 PM
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hmmmm ... a vehicle with no roll over protection, little crumple zones, and skinny tires...... kind of on par with motorcycle racing without the advantage of being ejected? I think we all do a risk analysis on all that we do. Many people have died doing all the crazy stuff i do..... and kids today push it even further. As was said we all make choices. Personnally, I dont see the thrill of "racing " something so slow and unstable. A lot of folks dont understand why i race either, But, as was said.. "to each his own."