08-11-2009, 04:31 PM
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HWAY STR
Drives: 2010 RJT VIN#7085 & 2014 CRT C7
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New York
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zabo
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.
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Amen to that!!!
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