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Old 15 Sep 2008, 01:55 (Ref:2290482)   #7
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MPA should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Big_Trev
Air filled tyres adsorb impact (i.e. nothing in them), earth (dirt) filled tyres do not absorb impact - simple really.

True that...

Have you seen all the free standing, chained tyre bundles complete with rubber belting in front of the earth filled tyre walls around the track? I'd say more work needs to be done, but that is always the case with anything to do with safety.

Drivers should remember the words of our former World Driver's Champ AJ. "When you run out of brakes, find something soft to hit." I remember AJ sticking a PJ Falcon into the wall at turn 10 on a wet warm up lap. Would not happen today, that wall has gone.
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