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Re: Kenny Irwin RIP

To: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>,
Subject: Re: Kenny Irwin RIP
From: "Paul Foster" <pfoster@gdi.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 19:22:42 -0400
<<<What the heck! NHIS seems like such a benign place for NASCAR from
>> a
>> crash dynamics standpoint. Strange and sad.>>>
>>
>> 150 mph. No banking. Sharp left turn. Stuck throttle.
>
>And a slick surface too.
>
>Two drivers die in the same turn of the same track.  Time for some
redesign
>work, perhaps?

I dunno. I have mixed feelings. NHIS is a design nightmare but
apparently Rockingham has the same problem. And stuck throttles are
always a bothersome occurance. I think it was a weird statistical
fluke, but when JD MacDuffie died at Watkins Glen just after Tommy
Kendall had his big off at the same place in an IMSA race they changed
the track.

Paul Foster


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