Although I have never head of the man, it is surely a tragic loss for the racing community as a whole and he surely will be missed by family and friends.
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Originally Posted by upflying
You mean like stability control or skid control?
I am sure race drivers would not want some brake, steering, throttle nanny "helping" them drive.
Sometimes the physics of going from 180 mph to 0 in 6/10th of a second is more than a human body can survive.
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Indeed. As unfortunate as it is, I imagine that various forms of 'active safety' wouldn't be any better for professional drivers than the current system of 'keep your wits about you' + 'passive safety'. Since they are all too accustomed to a car reacting in a particular way, if the car were intervene to 'save' them, some over-correction might result in another accident with a 3rd car. Such is life at 200 mph where the blink of an eye can literally be the difference between life and death. I'm sure there will be some form of investigation, where one or more safety protocol is instigated which may save a couple lives over the coming decades -which is absolutely, unequivocally good. But at the same time, nobody involved in racing, be it drivers, teams, officials, or friends/family are under the assumption that the activity is 'safe', or that it will be 'safe' in the foreseeable future. Again, such is life at 200 mph.