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Originally Posted by GTRMagic
Let them climb in through the sunroof  |
NASCAR cars can have escape roof hatches/alternate exit!!!
http://www.circletrack.com/safety/ct...ety_equipment/
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Originally Posted by Langers
Hate to think what would have happened if today's crash was replicated in club level road-based machinery with standard seating position and road legal removable door bars
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Just take a look at the V8Utes.... or what has CAMS done in rallying since Brock was killed....
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Originally Posted by mikuni
I was a little shocked to see the bars had just sjeered off where the support gussets are welded on. It's hard to say how good or bad it was though, as that impact was something seldom seen. All in all, we easily could have seen a very serious injury yesterday and for Courtney to have walked away from that collision I think it could have been a far worse situation.
If teams are bringing in ground breaking safety technology that only 3 cars on the grid are using, that has been proven, you would think the category would mandate its use though.
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Some times engineers say that the cage done its job, absorbing the impact, even if it breaks... they all have max load they are designed for. Doubt cage break is a build fault.
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Originally Posted by Umai Naa
Apparently they do have a honeycomb insert in the door.
Other FIA stuff like WRC, has two tubes bent in a V, and welded together in the centre to form the X. The placement of the centre of the X is virtually inside the door cavity in some cases. This sees a big improvement in energy absorbtion in side impacts.
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V8SC passenger side is better that FIA spec, drivers side cage further exceeds that. Just look at a WRC 2013 or GT3 compared V8SC CoF. Bizarrely the FIA haven't beefed up roll cage spec' after the FIA Institute did crash testing for CoF.
They've had the door honeycomb for more than a couple of years. Some WRC cars have impact absorbing foam in the doors. NASCAR has 6 inchs of impact absorbing foam outside the cage.
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Originally Posted by GTRMagic
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Maybe E-Cell needs to be longer to protect the legs, but then you would have a carbon tube inside the cage.
Maybe should have layer of foam on inside of cage along drivers legs
Looks even worse!!!!!!!
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/t...p-island-60/60
