For the past couple of weeks, many reporters have been arguing on the fact that IndyCar should and should not be racing on 1.5 mile tracks. Also, many ideas have been thought of to design a safer fence surrounding the racing surface. People are also calling IndyCar racing dangerous, as the first person killed in 5 years was just laid to rest. With the death of IndyCar series star and champion, Dan Wheldon, just a week ago, what can the IndyCar Series do to keep drivers safe? Any catchfence ideas?
http://www.indycar.com/news/show/55-izod-indycar-series/50934-investigation-moves-forward-in-2-phases/
Pretty much, I believe that there is nothing that IndyCar can do to keep drivers any safer than they are right now. Wheldon is the first person to be killed in the current Dallara chassis. As everyone sees that the one person was killed, fourteen others were able to walk away with very minor injuries. The current catch-fence at all major tracks acts just like a cheese grater to the car itself. My idea is to replace the current fence with a plexi-glass style, clear wall that would take the place of the catch-fence. Fans would be able to see through it still, and it would be safer for the racecar to more or less "bounce" off of and land on the track. As I did some research, this idea has been stated before, but NASCAR has said it costs too much. I figure you can't put a price on saving lives!
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