I was racing up in Nashville one time and got hooked in the left rear going down the front stretch. I smoked the inside wall running wide open which was about 120 or so mph. That was the hardest hit I’ve ever had while racing and thank god I had a HANS device on. My belts literally stretched and my chest hit the steering wheel. I shoved the steering column and the pedals through the firewall. The motor was sitting almost beside me. When you have that sudden stop like Dale did it’s very dangerous
Consider what happened to you with the belts and your body stretching like that, doing 120ish.
Now think about Stanley Smith hitting the wall at Talladega (when Spencer went over the wall between T1-2), or Neil or Dale hitting the wall, with none of them wearing a Hans neck device or today's harness. Or having the Safer barriers. And wearing open-face helmets.
Glad you were able to survive your crash, johndeere. Sounds horrible.
