Thank God It’s Friday
By Wyatt Earp | October 2, 2009
Whatever you do, watch out for that weekend rush hour traffic:
This wreck occurred during Sunday’s race at Dover. We missed it by a day. It says a lot about NASCAR and the safety of their vehicles that Joey Logano walked out of that with nary a scrape. Damn.
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Just get the parts at Home Depot slap them on and be as good as new.
I was slack-jawed on that one when it happened. It is amazing that he walked away.
That left a mark, or three…
This was a spectacular, but not all that serious of an accident. The real message has already been mentioned: NASCAR has become safety conscious. Between improvements to the tracks (safer barriers) and the cars (the seats and head restraint systems), the drivers now operate in an _almost_ indestructible cocoon. The wrecks are still spectacular, but the drivers walk away. This is an example of good engineering.
Heltau – Good point.
RT – Amazing no one – not Logano, or any other driver – was hurt in that.
Old NFO – Or ten.
Map – Absolutely. While the death of Dale Earnhardt was a tragedy, at least some good came from it in the form of better safety.