Re: Superspeedways

[washburn <washburn@dwave.net>]

Paul Foster wrote:
> 
> There is no defense for superspeedways. Shit will continue to happen but
> we don't need to encourage it by building structures with hard obstacles
> inches away from cars that are doing way over 200 mph. Fontana is a
> virtually brand new venue and it still suffers from the same safety
> problems that all superspeedways suffer from. If you want to build safe
> superspeedays tear down the walls and give the drivers some runoff room.
> But no - that would ruin the experience for the fans who enjoy sitting
> on the outside of the turns so they can see all the grisly incidents
> close up. The track owners insist that the organizers are to blame by
> allowing the cars to run that fast but it is really their fault by
> constructing a popular nuisance.

Just as a clarification, Greg hit the inside wall, not the outside as
you imply in this note.

PLW