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Originally Posted by "prima"Donna
thanks for posting that video....I get chills every time I watch it.......thank God NASCAR has kept improving on safety for the drivers.....
I remember when Dale Sr was alive and was totally against the HANS, said it was for "sissies"...it probably would have saved his life, but at least he didn't die in vain, because after his death, the HANS became mandatory, and has saved countless lives since then...just recall Michael McDowell's wreck last year.........
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God, I know.. I was watching that race off and on and vaguely heard about his remarks before race day on the HANS. I happened to have finished helping my mom with dinner and sat down just to see Dale plow into the wall..
I honestly thought he was going to be fine.. *Salute*
Then in the months afterward Discovery and other like programs kept showing the science of the HANS and why/how it could have saved Dale. Some may have thought it insulting, but it proved that though he raced hard.. he was an unfortunate NASCAR martyr in the realm of the other greats in the 50s and 60s before all the safety equipment became mandatory.