Nope, just an observation after 14 years as a course marshal at MidOhio and IRP. I've seen some bad ones in person, seen some fatalities on TV and I remember the Brayton crash pretty well. Typical for an oval, spin, slam sideways but unusual was the impact angle being 70ish degrees to the wall.
The real shocker was Jim Fitzgerald's death at an IMSA street race... sideways into the tirewall at *maybe* 30 MPH. One of the worst looking accidents I've ever seen was Katherine Legge's at Road America, I really didn't expect a good outcome. ---- John Vriesinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I doubt it. From what I remember of the crash it was a sideways impact at > >160ish MPH. Even the HANS would have only made it easier to find the > >contents of the helmet. What would have helped is if the Imitation Racing > >League had adopted the cockpit side padding as CART had. > > Ouch! > > Do we have a Crappie here?! 8-) > > JV ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
