Cochran Speedway Accident

[ZERO25]

Maybe some of yall havent heard about the laws on the books that the State Fire Marshalls office is finally enforcing. It came to light when the Killer had GIS's inspection. The law states that if you allow fans and rigs into the infield, you are required to have a restraining wall with a 6 foot catch fence. Waycross had just torn theirs down and now have to put it back up........costing the owners 100k (their figures). They have had to cancel some races until they get it fixed!

Cochran had decided to put all rigs and fans outside the track this year. The accident happened in turn one where the car came into the pit area!

[Hoosier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jdreK4Eczs

[chupp n bloomer fan]

I have a local track where racers are cheering the removal of what I consider a safety improvement. We can't even all agree what a safety improvement is.

I knew exactly what you were referring too before ya said it. I dunno what the answer is, but not back the way it was should be part of the answer. Just because you put in concrete block half a$$ doesn’t mean you just say ah shucks.

Tyler Carpenter, I think Jeep, some mods, maybe Casebolt, and I’m sure others have really ate it there. And it is very dangerous. Hay bales and tires don’t get it. Better than nothing, but someone is going to die or get paralyzed from that impact. If their safety stuff isn’t top notch, they will be in trouble.

Redo the wall with the same stuff, but you’re going to have to put in a footer. And tie them together better. I still think it’ll be cheaper than pouring a wall that whole length, but ya gotta do it right. Yo where it can withstand rain and erosion and freezing and thawing.

[Buford.Justice]

https://youtu.be/3jdreK4Eczs

It is reported that the car knocked down a wall before ending up in the pits.

[weatherman85]

Hartwell Speedway was the first domino in this with a person in the pits getting killed last year when a car went over the infield wall. Cost them about $80,000 to get up to code before they could race again.

[dirtSLMracing]

Right that grandstand is why there is a wall there. At one time, there were no stands down there. A wall should never begin at corner entry on any race track. You should be boxed in before you leave the straight, so it's a glancing blow. I don't care what you do with tires, water barrel, etc. It's beyond sub-optimal.

What track are you referring to?

[Josh Bayko]

What track are you referring to?

He’s referring to Atomic tearing down the backstretch wall that they put in place to keep dudes from hitting the straight up blunt end at the entry to 3.

[dirtSLMracing]

Thanks Josh

[Pennsboro32]

There's still a blunt end right behind those tires. Cars still go from 90 to zero in 0.2 second. Your car is trash and you still feel like Mike Tyson whipped you the next day, or potentially much worse...

Pretty sad when the whole thing could be completely avoidable, with multiple approaches.

It's by far the most dangerous hazard of any track I attend with regularity.

I’ve not understood why they haven’t figured out how to completely fix the issue. It’s been an issue for several years now.