[DeTomaso] On-board video of Cobra crash at 130mph

John Maffeo johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 21 14:53:30 EST 2012


I was surprised to see that the course worker removed his helmet. If he was going anything more than 60mph, the first thing they should have done was put on a c-collar.

John

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On Jan 21, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Tom Borcich <tborcich at msn.com> wrote:

> 
> Many interesting points about safety equipped cars (roll bar, harness, etc). Whats amazing it the amount
> of energy (as Boyd mentioned) that is generated/dissipated when a car is rolling or flipping. A friend of 
> mine use to race sprint cars (note "use to"). Full cage, harness, etc., he got tangle up in an accident 
> on one of the faster sprint tracks and flipped four or five times end over end at over 150mph. 
> Even with all the safety equipment his body absorbed so much energy during the 
> flips and landings (landings=sudden stops which puts tremendous strain on the body), he broke his 
> hand and wrist (don't recall if he had arm straps) and collapsed a lung and burst the internals of one 
> of his eyes, all from the pressure generated from the five point harness  during the flips.  
> 
> Unfortunately, the body is not as strong as the safety equipment in some instances. In the Cobra video 
> the drivers body was thrown around like rag doll...he's a very lucky guy if he walked away
> with little or no injuries. Recall Dale Earnhardt's accident...I would have never thought that accident
> would have been fatal...it just didn't look that violent.
> Tom
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