I'm at the track, and all I can say is OUCH! A rookie mistake. Never turn right and gas it to try and save your loose car. Turn left and lock it down. Otherwise, you're head-on into the wall, just like McDowell today.
According to Kyle Petty: "That was a *very* spectacular crash, but it wasn't a very bad one." Not sure why he thinks it wasn't that bad, but those were his exact words. He said it during the taping of 'Trading Paint', which will air on SPEED TV tomorrow (Saturday) at 8PM Eastern, and again Sunday morning at 10AM Eastern. I'm with John Roberts (and just about everyone else, especially those here at the track) that replied to Kyle: "You don't think that was a bad crash?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Love Kyle, but I've seen tons of crashes in NASCAR and on the highways. I've seen worse ones that people walked away from, and I've seen lesser ones that were fatal. But that was most certainly a crazy-ass, bad crash. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Crow T. Robot wrote: > I know a lot of you don't watch or care about NASCAR, but there was a > crash > today that I just can't believe someone walked away from. Really shows > what > kind of safety tech goes into these cars and tracks after watching this > video... > > Story here (click the video link in the story, second paragraph down to > see > the crash): http://tinyurl.com/5cynk3 > > 5 years ago, this guy would have been in a body bag. Praise jeebus for > soft > wall technology. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
