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Old 11-03-2011, 12:40 AM   #37 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang View Post
Yep, that was a wild wreck! There have been a number of impacts over the last 5-6 years or so in NASCAR that could have been fatal or resulted in serious injury had it not been for safety innovations.

The SAFER barriers are incredible. I've read that they can absorb anywhere from 30-50% of the impact vs. hitting the old bare concrete walls.
Yeah, a shame that not all of the barriers at WG are SAFER... they really need to take a look at that track. I've never seen such an impact I don't really. Maybe Jimmy Johnson's crash there when he was in the Nationwide series.... just a dead stop.
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