Thread: Another tragic outing for the NHRA

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

an inertia system on the barrier would be great, think some of the old Air Force runways had them at one time?????

Dave many bases certainly use those systems and all aircraft carriers do. They could be made for drag strips that are not nearly as heavy duty, as the cars are much lighter than airplanes. Maybe even some sort of elastic between the net and the attachment poles. Watching him hit that net just made me sick, he might as well have hit a concrete wall. That net appeared to be designed to protect whatever was beyond it, not the driver of the vehicle that went into it. As the old saying goes, "it's not the fall that gets ya, it's that sudden stop at the end." Anything that can make the stop softer would be an improvement.

Pat