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Originally Posted by wmjinman
See, I was going around thinking this salt flats racing was the safest thing in the world; nothing to hit. But then it was explained that there IS something to hit - the ground! When these cars get to extreme speed, the danger is some aero forces lifting them into the air and then they impact the GROUND with lots of force. Guess that's what kills most Bonneville guys - and sometimes fire.....
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There were two accidents that we were present for last Saturday. I'm not totally sure what happened in the first, but the driver was seriously injured, car wrecked. The second was a spin-out that I saw from the sidelines. Car was probably at 150-200 mph at the time. With the dust trails you could not really see the car at all anymore. There was just suddenly no more forward movement and a big dust cloud kinda stationary over the course. No injury in that second one, perhaps because of what you describe.