NASCAR Next Gen Safety at The Forefront after Crash Test
The sanctioning body says rumors of dead crash dummies are untrue. Getty Images
In a perfect world, NASCAR Cup Series teams would have completed construction of their Next Gen cars by now, but it’s not a perfect world.
Even after a one-year delay resulting from the COVID-19 shutdown, the new platform is still behind schedule, and it may take a robust schedule of winter testing to get it ready for Daytona and the full season afterwards.
That panel consists of Dr. James Raddin, who participated in the investigation of the death of Dale Earnhardt following the 2001 Daytona 500; Dr. Jeff Crandall, who serves as an engineering consultant to the NFL; Dr. Barry Myers, a professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University; and Dr. Joel Stitzel, chair of biomedical engineering at Wake Forest Baptist Health.
Did You Notice?: Communication Between NASCAR Drivers, Executives at Crossroads
Did You Notice? … NASCAR drama between drivers and executives has been building at a breakneck pace? It all started with last week’s Atlanta Motor Speedway repave announcement from Speedway Motorsports, Inc. President Marcus Smith. After 24 years under the current configuration, the track will be getting a facelift with both fresh asphalt and an altered layout. The track will be narrowed by 15 feet while the banking in the turns gets adjusted from 24 to 28 degrees.
In some ways, the details are irrelevant to the driving corps. Their reaction was fierce, revolving around a central theme:
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Austin Hill wins drama-filled NASCAR Truck race
Field Level Media
10 Jul 2021, 15:05 GMT+10
KNOXVILLE, Iowa At the end of a remarkable race on an equally remarkable race track Friday night, Austin Hill took home the trophy in the Corn Belt 150 at Knoxville Raceway.
After a fourth attempt at overtime in the inaugural NASCAR Truck Series event at the iconic half-mile dirt track, Hill scored his first victory of the season. The race featured 14 cautions and a 17-car pileup in Turn 1 that could rival the biggest Big One at Talladega.
Moments after Hill took the checkered flag to end the fourth overtime, fireworks exploded in Turn 3, but they bore pale comparison with the pyrotechnics that punctuated a race that extended 29 laps past its scheduled distance of 150 circuits.
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