Wild Indy Car Practice Crash today

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Edited Date/Time 5/14/2015 6:37am
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Olson 5/13/2015 4:36pm
5/13/2015 4:36pm
That could've gone to shit but it looks like the air intake "barely" hit the ground.
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Jakes Dad 5/13/2015 4:38pm
5/13/2015 4:38pm
At the :38 mark you can tell he's been there done that before!
project racer 5/13/2015 4:51pm
5/13/2015 4:51pm Edited Date/Time 5/13/2015 4:58pm
Times have changed, as well as driving techniques. Counter steering an Indy car at 200 + MPH cost Gordon Smiley his life in nearly the same manner back in the 80's at Indy.

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project racer 5/13/2015 6:17pm
5/13/2015 6:17pm
Hard to fight the natural instinct to save it, I guess. I believe at one point in time, old guard stressed in rookie orientation at the speedway to go with the spin, and not try to save it by counter steering. Danny Sullivan in '85 comes to mind.

A little steeper angle, and Ongais' ride may have ended differently. Not quite as direct as Smiley.
TripleFive 5/13/2015 7:03pm
5/13/2015 7:03pm
Wasatch Rider wrote:
You guys know why they let go of the wheel before they smack the wall?
It's a great way to break your arms. Supposed to trust in the belts.
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Spydee 5/14/2015 12:01am
5/14/2015 12:01am
Wasatch Rider wrote:
Who was the guy that spun a 360 and kept going to win?

Was that Sullivan?
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indy_maico 5/14/2015 6:37am
5/14/2015 6:37am
Wasatch Rider wrote:
You guys know why they let go of the wheel before they smack the wall?
TripleFive wrote:
It's a great way to break your arms. Supposed to trust in the belts.
They have had a lot of hand and wrist injuries from crashes.

We (Dallara) are working on a new steering rack with a built in damper to absorb the shock and try to minimize these types of injuries.

We have built a couple of prototypes that Indycar is testing.

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