Horrific 15-Car Crash at the Indy Racing League Race at Las Vegas

[Dwayne From Minden]

I see where you are going with this. The drivers and the association know the problem and were working on it. "A man should not speak of what he does not know." Odysseus.

You got to remember I proudly fly Tony Stewart, Rowdy Busch and Jeff Gordon flags off my back deck...

[Guisslapp]

225 MPH is way too fast on an oval I would think. Heck, it's way too fast to be racing period!

It is not just the speed that is the problem, but the cars inability to maintain any sort of aerodynamic stability after contact. F1 cars would be a little safer than Indy cars on an oval track because of their braking performance. At 225 mph, an F1 car could stop in a little over 3 seconds, but also could make evasive handling maneuvers in tenths of a second. Drivers not involved in the original collision could easily avoid the wreck, but those that did wreck would fly much like the Indy cars did this weekend.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

"A man should not speak of what he does not know." Odysseus.

That would shut down this board.

That would shut me down many times for sure.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

It is not just the speed that is the problem, but the cars inability to maintain any sort of aerodynamic stability after contact. F1 cars would be a little safer than Indy cars on an oval track because of their braking performance. At 225 mph, an F1 car could stop in a little over 3 seconds, but also could make evasive handling maneuvers in tenths of a second. Drivers not involved in the original collision could easily avoid the wreck, but those that did wreck would fly much like the Indy cars did this weekend.

Agreed.

[Dwayne From Minden]

I wonder if they will release the "black box" data from the crash for all cars involved, not just Weldon's?

I know the crash that Reutiman survived earlier this year at Texas? the G forces were dramatically higher than Dale Sr's Daytona crash but he walked away with just a few strap bruises due to the advances

[Soonerdawg]

I wonder if they will release the "black box" data from the crash for all cars involved, not just Weldon's?

I know the crash that Reutiman survived earlier this year at Texas? the G forces were dramatically higher than Dale Sr's Daytona crash but he walked away with just a few strap bruises due to the advances

The question is, is it unavoidable fate as per the stoics; or is like Machiavelli said, that fate is like a woman; you beat her until she submits.

[JuBru]

Another death in the racing world. Maybe we're in for another safety revolution, just this time across all racing sports.