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Survivor of crash at Texas Motor Speedway measures his progress in small ways

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...e.1a381f1.html

some good news

mark kibort

How sad. head injuries caused by the restraint system, not enough protection in the helmet? tire blew? what kind of tire? defective? couldnt take the speed and heat? If it was a street car, it sure makes me think twice about getting in someone elses car and going those speeds, without all the safety equipment. As racers, we wouldnt think twice about not going out on the track without a fire suit, our helmet and all the safety belt equip. But for some reason, because the event is "DE" suddenly we all feel safe just with a lap belt and an open face helmet and jeans. This sport is so dangerous. Very sad story.

smsarchitects

What a sad story.
+1 Mark, sure makes you think twice about getting in the pass seat on street tires and going 120+ with only lap belts.

Asquared

According this article, it looks like Andre Vandenberg was the driver, he was giving a ride-along to a blood donor and a tire blew out at speed.

Here is a pic of the car. Doesn't look entirely stock, but hard to say what safety equipment it had on it.

Ed Hughes

I believe those were track-prepped cars and were part of a track-based driving school.