last Sunday Cornwall crash

[andre]

NE Dirt Mods:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WXs...ature=youtu.be

[Frasson118]

Something I noticed..... at least 7 different safety crews were on the scene within seconds.
Lesson to be learned around here.

[andre]

Very well organized Sunday Night 1/4 mile Dirt track. Always jam packed with cars and fans. And, by being on Sunday night, they are the last one to have access to the paycheck. But they are very successfull anyway and have been for years.

[Old Sunshine Fan]

Something I noticed..... at least 7 different safety crews were on the scene within seconds.
Lesson to be learned around here.

Yea I agree.... but where were the idiots that rush down and stand along the fence to see a wreck up close...you know, the ones that don't think about a fire, explosion or anything... the ones that stay there when the announcer is telling people to "Please stand back away from the fence"....some tracks have people to keep them back ie. NSS but this track didn't need anyone... they stayed it their seats (except further down the fence line away from the crash/fire site).... OSF

[ModelCarMan]

Here's a question, why did the flagman wait so long to throw the caution?

The driver was right in front of him, in the racing groove, hardly moving while the leader(s) where on the backstretch or at less in turn 3??

Looks like it could of been avoided to me.....

[Phil Jacques]

Here's a question, why did the flagman wait so long to throw the caution?

The driver was right in front of him, in the racing groove, hardly moving while the leader(s) where on the backstretch or at less in turn 3??

Looks like it could of been avoided to me.....

In my opinion, any time a car leaves it's wheels or puts down any type of fluid, the yellow should be thrown INSTANTLY without hesitation. I am with you... I am not 100% sure why the flagger waited so long. Inexcusable imo...

[OldSchool+]

Ironic, isn't it?

Can't figure some yellows and others don't come soon enough.

Dirt is fun but overall I think it is more dangerous (feel free to disagree if you like...). Glad to see the driver walk away from that one.

Back in the '60's at "The Big 'O' ", if the wreck was not too bad Rosebud Flowers would simply hang out the yellow with one hand and point at the incident with another unfurled flag in the other. Rather like a single-corner-caution at a sports car race.

A waving yellow was a "full course" (it was 1/4 mi.) yellow.

The shows ran off pretty quickly in those days (lol).

[Frasson118]

It's likely, though I'm not positive, that all the cars on track are using the Raceiver system. All drivers would know at the same instant that the caution was out, whether the flagman threw the flag or not.

[luke81]

That yellow car hadn't slowed from the pace, he had just come out of the pits. I have no idea why he drove out when he did. I have a feeling that caught the officials off guard, they had to be expecting him to take off at speed any time.

[egspeedway]

OSF saw the same thing that caught my eye. I cannot remember a front straightaway wreck where the crowd was not immediately 10 deep or more. I was extremely impressed with the speed of the responders and their attention to an assortment of issues. It made me all the more thankful we never were involved in something like this as usually there were maybe 3 fire extinguishers and only 2 people who knew how to use them. I still have had no track operator respond to my question as to the requirements for an ambulance per their insurance.