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We are very lucky that Robbie not only survived, but that RHR wasn't decapitated... I felt the same way I did watching Fontana '99 especially when they weren't saying much for quite a while after the incident.
It takes a special kind of person to get into one of those cars on a superspeedway, but I actually feel the same way every time they go through the kink at RA. (When I raced SRF or SM at RA, I always breathed a sigh of relief every time I went through the kink in one piece and I was going barely 100!)
Hopefully just the spine and not the cord. Crushed vertebrae are not good but I would be surprised if he didn't have some back injuries after landing from that height. Yikes!
Fingers cross that he's able to live a normal life after that crash.
It would be interesting to see what the G Load records at for that crash. I don't know what the Dan Wheldon crash was and the info is somewhat all over the place with Kenny Bracks crash which says it was 214 G's but I don't think that's accurate. In NASCAR Elliot Sadler had an 80 G crash. In F1, we all remember Robert Kubica's crash in Canada coming down to the hairpin. That was 75 G's and he walked away. Alan McNish had a horrible crash in the Toyota F1 car that recorded 78 G's and walked away. Unfortunately, Jules Bianchi's crash of 92 G's eventually proved to be fatal.
It's amazing how the survival cell of these modern day race cars can withstand so much and glad that the above mentioned people could walk away because in the old days, those were fatal.
Fingers cross that he's able to live a normal life after that crash.
It would be interesting to see what the G Load records at for that crash. I don't know what the Dan Wheldon crash was and the info is somewhat all over the place with Kenny Bracks crash which says it was 214 G's but I don't think that's accurate. In NASCAR Elliot Sadler had an 80 G crash. In F1, we all remember Robert Kubica's crash in Canada coming down to the hairpin. That was 75 G's and he walked away. Alan McNish had a horrible crash in the Toyota F1 car that recorded 78 G's and walked away. Unfortunately, Jules Bianchi's crash of 92 G's eventually proved to be fatal.
It's amazing how the survival cell of these modern day race cars can withstand so much and glad that the above mentioned people could walk away because in the old days, those were fatal.
Saw the incident on replay for the first time Monday morning before taking to the track at Mosport; not a great way to start......thought about it/him driving to the track but once in the car on track thoughts went to the task at hand. Managed a new PB lap during the day and on the ride home silently dedicated it to him and his recovery.
Get well soon, RW, and Hinch too--he looked like he was in real pain with his wrists/hands.....
Regarding catch fences, I'm sure it's an issue to balance technology, safety, and the ability to still have spectators see and visualize the event.
I was referring to the fence that shredded... it is old and rusty. I'm very familiar with Pocono and Tracy is correct making assertions to start looking at better technology for the catch fences.
This was sickening to watch. There are many YT videos of similar Indy oval wall-crashes. Just a small touch or a slip seems to translate to a 100G+ hit to the wall. And Alonzo is leaving F1 for this...
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