(02-25-2013 09:28 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(02-25-2013 05:21 PM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(02-24-2013 12:42 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-24-2013 10:44 AM)tigerjeb Wrote:  First and simplest fix is extend the overhang at the top. The fence did its job that tire went over the top

I'm almost positive that the tire didn't go over the fence, it went through the whole it created. How could the tire go up, inwards toward the track to get over the curved part, the start moving back towards the stands? Not possible.

The fence did it's part - it kept the car inside the track. If the car had hit where there was no cross-over gate, the car would have kept going down the track, probably barrel rolling along.

Ding, ding, ding...The issue was not the fencing itself it is the car struck the fence that was the issue. It hit in the area of a crossover gate. These crossover gate areas have caused some of the most horrific looking crashes over the years. If this vehicle had hit a the fence/wall in a solid area it would have rolled down the fence and would not have been torn apart like it was...Sure some debris probably would have still made it into the stands but nothing like what we saw.

Michael Waltrip - Bristol

Exactly, how he was not seriously injured or killed in that wreck is a miracle.