jrgordonsenior

Story:
http://www.nascar.com/news/120223/dp...l-1/index.html

Video:

cornerhans

She's a tuff little hummer!

No HTwo O

I've always said, Danica can take a pounding.

niche

I'd hit that...

paradisenb

That was a very hard hit. Glad she is not hurt. She showed real experience by taking her hands off the wheel. No panick from Danick.
I was impressed by how little her head and body moved from such a violent impact. Nice safety gear.

No HTwo O

She also showed good attitude and sense of humor by saying something to the effect, "that maybe our backup car is faster".

analogmike

The SAFER wall seemed to to a good job, that was a hard hit... glad she's OK.

DCP

I was surprised by the announcers being surprised that she took her hands off the wheel citing her open wheel experience. Okay, maybe most drivers don't put their hands on their helmet like she did, but surely they take their hands off the wheel, don't they?

consolidated

I was expecting a rattled if not injured driver, but she took it like it was just another day at the office. I'm impressed.

consolidated

I've not heard of putting your hands on your helmet before, I was told to cross your arms across your chest or grab your harness.

multi21

Glad she is okay. Dude turned down on her might quick. She did everything right from my perspective. Not her fault.

Que up the haters because they are coming into this discussion.

jcs_911

It looked like she was essentialy going backwards when she hit the wall, though she hit with the RF. So would that mean her helmet would want to move backwards (into the seat) and to the right?

winders

The impact forces were mostly lateral to her right. The video bears that out.

Scott

Doug007

It was really a lateral hit in the RF which would put her head into the right side of the containment part of the seat. Those are obviously very strong in that seat.

That was a hard hit, glad she walked away. Clearly she was much better off than she would have been 10-15 years ago without such a good containment seat and without safer barriers.

Astroman

That makes me want to buy a containment-type seat...