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Author Still Never understand how this acident killed Earnhardt
jr
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10th Sep 07 at 19:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just found clip on youtube searching for something else, looking at some of the other crashes it seems so minimal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iRoc1dXXsM&mode=related&search=
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looked minimal :s
Colin
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He hit the wall doing a fair rate....
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no neck brace either at the time and its what started them having to wear one as mandatory procedure.
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colin compares to these it was nothing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPfK5uiTD-w
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Dale Earnhardt??
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you could say the same about senna's, looked minimal, but it was just unfortunate that part of the suspension broke off and killed him
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Senna hit the wall bloody hard, a lot harder than Earnhardt.
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it was harder than earnhardt's, but was minimal compared to alot of accident's people have walked away from
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Senna hit the wall bloody hard, a lot harder than Earnhardt.


It wasnt the wall that killed senna though, he hit the wall at a shallow angle, it was the tyre and suspension assembly that killed him
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which wouldn't have hit him in the face if he was going slower
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
which wouldn't have hit him in the face IF he was going slower


IF



[Edited on 10-09-2007 by 22B]
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To be fair, that video is slowed down! So probably doing at least 120 + ...

Also, It's going sideways, when it hits a head on impact, so possibly the sideways force had moved his head away from the head restraint - so when he impacted he didn't have the sufficent neck support.
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Before the HALO (?) came in, so the harnesses kept his body still in the seat, all the force of his head being flung forward on impact was like reverse whiplash but far more severe, and his neck vertebrae severed his spinal cord.

I think I have that right.
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but the angle and the force looked small compared to alot of his previous crashes

unless the angle meant it made it worse
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Franchitti had a pretty nasty accident in the indy car just a month or so ago abd walked away, shows how much technology and safety has came on
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
but the angle and the force looked small compared to alot of his previous crashes

unless the angle meant it made it worse
I think it was a bit of a freak accident tbh, one of those worst case scenario jobs.

 
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