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  1. Crashton

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    #2 Crashton, Oct 23, 2011
    The very sad truth of the matter motorsport is a life & death sport. We have all been reminded of how deadly it can be & it is a shock to all of us. In the not to distant past death was much more common in the sport many of us love.

    Dan's death will not be in vein. Much will be learned that will help drivers in the future. Whether that is in car construction, trackside barriers or the shear lunacy of running open wheel cars running 3 abreast inches apart at 200+ has yet to be determined.

    Helio was right in his comments on Twitter. I also think Randy Bernard is a circus clown. Although I feel he was not at fault in Dan's untimely death.

    As for MotoGP, No idea how anyone could make that safer???

    Amen
     
  2. Steve

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    #3 Steve, Oct 23, 2011
    That's what I'm hoping ... I'll believe it when I see it.
     
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    #4 Crashton, Oct 23, 2011
    Me too Steve. We must have hope things will get better.
     
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    #5 minimark, Oct 23, 2011
    Definately a dark week in racing... :(
     
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    #6 AliceCooper, Oct 23, 2011
    Really, we cant seem to get thru a weekend without racing deaths lately.
     
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    #7 BThayer23, Oct 24, 2011
    It used to be worse. (long video)

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9-QrRl1Uk]Grand Prix - The Killer Years - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #8 goaljnky, Oct 24, 2011
    The Marco Simoncelli crash was as brutal as anything in recent memory.
     
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    #9 minimark, Oct 24, 2011
    Agree.:frown5:
     
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    #10 Steve, Oct 24, 2011
    Why I Watched the Crash that Killed Simoncelli a Dozen Times (motorauthority.com)
    * emphasis added
     
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    #11 Alan, Oct 24, 2011
    Several of the commentators let slip and then quickly moved on (you do not critique the fallen so close to the event) that Marco should have just let it go.

    But that was not in his character.

    It is ghoulishly ironic that the first person to strike him was Colin Edwards. Colin has probably the best low-side save that has been captured on film.

    the elbow save

    Marco was attempting to do the same when the front tire caught traction and hooked him back across the track.