If NASCAR stayed true to its moonshine runnin' days....

[NWRally]

...it wouldn't be much different than this little video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpAs8...elated&search=

[Mr. Ford95]

Yes, Nascar HAD to step up and put limits and rules into the sport. There used to not be a pit road speed limit until a few crew members were run over by cars still doing 150 mph+. They have been tinkering with the rules since the 80's to get the racing better and better. Nowadays, it is much like F1, the only way to pass is on pitroad instead of on the track. That is where the most passing takes place now. You no longer have about 5 cars dominating week in and week out, you have about 36 cars that could win on any given raceday.

[Cripplecreek]

There must not be many lawyers in that country, look at all the fans standing on the side of the course. I don't think Johnson, Harvick, or gordon would have anything for that driver, he was wheelin that car.

[Mr. Ford95]

Richmond was one of the last speedways to get rid of the guardrails on the outside when they reconfigured the track in 88-89. Watkins Glen still has them on the outside which is odd for how fast they get going on the straight's(160+) while Infineon/Sears Point has concrete walls even though they barely get above 130 due to the number of turns. Dover and Bristol had them on the inside separating pitroad from the track into the 90's. Lot of tracks got rid of the guardrails on the outside after a rash of serious wrecks at Darlington. I have video of a wreck at Daytona one year on the beach course that is scary. It was a pileup of car after car ramming into it, several went into the fan section and tore down some wooden grandstands. A fire eventually started as several drivers were trapped in the center with cars on top of their's. Dunno what the outcome was but no drivers were known to die in it.

I have never been a fan of WRC allowing fans to be so close to the course with nothing separating them from one another. Same with Nascar, anyone remember the final Riverside race?? Can't remember the driver right off hand, but they wrecked and ended up in the stands because there happened to be a tiny hole in the wall that was a 1 in a million chance of a car going thru it. Or how about Mark Martin at 'Dega in the early 90's going into the infield while spinning out?? Either Davey Allison who was filling in for Neil Bonnett or Bonnett himself did the same thing in the 80's. After Martin repeated it Nascar put a concrete barrier along the infield. Some of these places that race need to get with the times and keep the fans safer.