Nascar press conference

[Steven Addy]

you wrote - 

I'm not a NASCAR fan, please no flames, but it's mostly because I cannot 
understand the announcers. (Jeff Foxworthy can explain it better than I 
can). 

You've got the temerity to say this and think you don't deserve to be 
flamed? Why can't you understand them? They speak pretty plain 
American-English. 
I've attended Nascar races, F1 races and IndyCar races. The reason Nascar 
is the most popular is because it's the most user friendly of the three. 
The people involved are more accessible, the tracks are better setup to 
watch racing and the spectators can actually see the entire race.  


- The obsolete concrete barriers you mention are # 1.

What do you suggest? You certainly can't put runoff areas at the top of 
the banked turns. You'd launch the cars.  

- Similarly noted by you are the non-deforming chassis. 
- I don't know but I can't help but wonder why collapsible steering 
columns / 
air bags     and other common safety items couldn't be adapted in some 
form 
and would have helped last Sunday.

The man was killed because his neck/spine snapped because of the the 
forward motion of his head when the seat belt stopped his body. It's 
unlikely that anything you mentioned would've helped. The hans device 
maybe. Better design of the front end maybe. 
  
(even F 1 runs in the rain).  

They use special tires. No one else runs in the rain. What would Winston 
Cup cars do on the high banked turns?

The lack of AWD provides minimal 
protection traction and virtually no hope of saving the car once it 
become 
loose.

No body races with AWD 
- There is little or no resemblance between the actual "stock car" and 
the 
car on the show room floor.
- And finally, I actually heard the announcers discussing carburetors - 
talk 
about living in the past.

They don't seem to have much trouble making horsepower. Nascars 
continually slows the cars down.
 
I apologize in advance if I offend someone, I just personally believe 
that 
ignoring technology is a crime especially when lives are at stake.
Jan Lahtonen