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NHRA has shortened the fuel car racing lap to 1,000 feet in response to Scott Kallita's death.

Posted by: PhoenixGTS on 2008-07-03 08:49:41
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60+ years of 1,320 under siege.

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Thread:

NHRA has shortened the fuel car racing lap to 1,000 feet in response to Scott Kallita's death. - PhoenixGTS 2008-07-03 08:49:41 (86 views)

due to the fact that some drag strips they visit have too short of a safety barrier/slow down area - quickaudi:STFA 2008-07-05 09:46:49 (28 views)

That's totally ridiculous. 320' less would not have helped when going 300 mph with no brakes! - Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot 2008-07-03 19:15:21 (36 views)

I would suggest to mandate catch nets like on aircraft carriers at the end of each strip.....given - Rally_nutcase_1982 2008-07-03 14:15:00 (56 views)

Their catching system is pretty pathetic given the speeds. This will give them time to develop a - PhoenixGTS 2008-07-03 14:20:47 (42 views)

I think they should be looking at actual car safety instead of altering the distance. Scott's - jbchinoca 2008-07-03 12:49:32 (60 views)

No car construction could have survived that hit. Maybe automated parachute deployment. - PhoenixGTS 2008-07-03 13:58:20 (35 views)

I don't think (from what I've seen anyway) that this hit was any worse than - jbchinoca 2008-07-03 16:47:31 (52 views)

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