Robin Miller on Texas-style racing

[dirtfan]

"TMS president Eddie Gossage said he was "very pleased" with the fence's performance. Nothing of any size reached the grandstands, and the fence did not grab the car and stop it suddenly, a situation that likely would have caused internal injuries."
200 Gs sounds pretty suddenly to ME! Actually, it's the length of time the 200 Gs are applied that counts, or "the envelope". Your thumb probably experiences lots of Gs when you hit it with a hammer, but not for long. If the gate post had moved back a foot, or sheared off and stretched the non-existant cables, there would have lots less Gs. Things have to give a little (like the SAFER barrier or the crush structure on the tranny) to lessen the impact.
"Orthogonal"- ranks right up there with "quadrature" and "gaussian" in my favorite engineering buzz-word list. -Just kidding!