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Question: Which is safer nascar or irl ?

(Posted by: Andreas on 2010-02-05 19:53:01)

Im not talking about safer barrers. Just the car by itself

Posted by: Jay on 2010-02-06, 04:37:08

Open wheel cars are very safe, but the fact that the drivers head is exposed leads to more risk of injury. Last year, F1's Felipe Massa got seriously injured by a part that came off another car and many years ago Christiano Da Matta nearly lost his life after hitting a deer. Stock cars offer much more driver protection.

Posted by: JBM on 2010-02-05, 21:01:15

Nascar: youtube.com/ watch?v= gZyCRaVZx3Q Driver was unhurt IRL: youtube.com/ watch?v= BRCWjV5tnVQ &NR= 1 Drivers were unhurt I'd say nascar seems safer, but ill leave that up to you

Posted by: ChevyPride0310 on 2010-02-05, 22:21:57

Nascar Nascar you have protection all around you, open wheel you don't Nascar car is very tough, at least the COT's are tougher than ever before, open wheel they bump game over its almost like asking which is safer, a car or motorcycle

Posted by: bubastiss on 2010-02-05, 23:40:31

The logical answer would be Nascar since you have fenders and roll bars. But IRL cars are pretty safe too. Hard to answer really unless you have actually driven in both cars.

Posted by: Queen Bee on 2010-02-06, 05:45:11

IRL answerp plz: answers.yahoo.com/ question/ index;_ylt= AlfgNISTjLexHrQ5jR4PDorsy6IX;_ylv= 3?qid= 20100206053348AA8cWCc

Posted by: BC outside on 2010-02-06, 08:03:24

Nascar, when i was a kid i went tho the toronto IRL race with my dad and a guys head came off in a nasty crash right in front of us

Posted by: Tdawg on 2010-02-06, 21:02:35

NASCAR has the advantage of protecting the driver's head, but at the same time, due to their higher center of gravity, being made of steel, and a bigger crash structure (the entire cockpit) they are more likely to roll over. In open wheel racing the cars are designed to use the energy of the wreck to break apart and detach from the cockpit, generally resulting in the cockpit sliding instead of rolling.