Eric Wells allowed to race after that violent crash?

[Clayton_Wetter]

it appears to be sitting still to me.......

Peck on your screen! Yours may be froze.

[Clayton_Wetter]

It is an awful short bus.....only 3 Windows.

I have zero problem believing you have seen the insides of one of those.

Green Thumb picks him up in one every morning, so that they can go plants trees and flowers!!!

But I think he plants tulips too, if you know what I mean!!

[Clayton_Wetter]

The door Clayton, the door...... are you happy now? lol

Yes, now I can quit hijacking this this thread!!! lol

[Aces&Eights]

For one I feel terrible for him, talk about one bad night at the track, terrible crash and go from leading a heat to being out. BUT HERE IS MY QUESTION. I don't know what the protocols are after a crash like that with WOO (or any series for that matter), but what would the medics are first-responders have done to make sure we was fit to climb back into a race car? With all we know about TBI and the brain, unless there is an actual doctor on site to test for TBI ,or other series injuries ,shouldn't he have been sent to the hospital for further test?

Allow? This ain't Nascrap. Paramedics are perfectly capable to check you out for concussion symptoms and he or his crew would notice him being off. Too much 20/20 and Barbara Walters...

[IZZOJR16]

Fair enough, and I agree with you. Maybe the tracks and/or series can implement a rule which states that if medical personnel don't feel you are of the right mental compascity to race without further evaluation and the driver declines a trip to the hospital, then they cannot race anymore that night. But if after an interview and exam with paramedics at the track they feel like the driver is good to go then that should be good enough too. Luckily these type of accidents don't happen too often. I feel for the guys trying to make a living at this sport. Madden and Weaver for example. At least they recognized they weren't 100% and didn't push the issue. Good discussion...

I agree as well, but I would like to see more mandatory precaution steps taking.

[IZZOJR16]

Allow? This ain't Nascrap. Paramedics are perfectly capable to check you out for concussion symptoms and he or his crew would notice him being off. Too much 20/20 and Barbara Walters...

who said it was NASCAR? Safety should be #1 priority at any level of sports. I didn't say EMT's don't know how to check for concussion, I've ask if the for sure can tell if there isn't or is a TBI.

[IZZOJR16]

because our sport is how it is it would be very hard to make any mandates about things like that because drivers have so many options to race and would just go to another sanction. And while the health and well being of drivers is at the top of my and many others lists unfortunately without a unified system none of, especially on a regional level, can afford to do much more than we already do. It is my sincere hope that a driver would be smart enough to protect themselves and others if they were compromised in any way. Guys like randy weaver and chris madden have shown the correct path and hopefully others will follow.now to speak to the part that bothers me most and where i think we can do the most to protect these guys. We need to mandate head and neck restraints as well as containment seats across the board. Every sanctioning body. And even that isn't enough as i believe both of those guys were wearing the h&ns and use the seats. We need to continue to look at construction of cars and tracks. And finally we absolutely need to slow these cars down. Much of which i believe lies in doing something with shock packages to start. We have the cars so tied down on the right front - as i pointed out to someone earlier this week - the cars are about halfway turned over when they roll onto the track. But it has to be a unified deal. We all have to do it. That is where my emphasis is and will be at future meetings of the unified late model rules committee.

great post!!

[Clayton_Wetter]

I agree as well, but I would like to see more mandatory precaution steps taking.

What more could they have done? Should the decision be put in the hands of the state or federal government, which would have him not racing indefinately?

[IZZOJR16]

What more could they have done? Should the decision be put in the hands of the state or federal government, which would have him not racing indefinately?

government, who is talking about that ?? I think if a driver has that violent of an accident, further test should be done for his safety and the safety of other competitors. TBI is an very serious issue.

[Clayton_Wetter]

government, who is talking about that ?? I think if a driver has that violent of an accident, further test should be done for his safety and the safety of other competitors. TBI is an very serious issue.

So you think he should automatically be done for that night of racing?

[jog49]

Why would intelligent people with a potential brain injury want to get back in the car? Those who want to go back.....hand them a Darwin award and tell them to break a leg! It helps with the gene pool, you know.

[Just The Tip]

Why would intelligent people with a potential brain injury want to get back in the car? Those who want to go back.....hand them a Darwin award and tell them to break a leg! It helps with the gene pool, you know.

Because a lot of these guys have bills to pay and mouths to feed. This isn't a hobby for most of them. It's their livelihood. Same for NFL players playing through an injury. Gotta pay the bills.

[jog49]

A pulled hamstring and a scrambled brain are not in the same universe. Anybody placing the pursuit of the almighty dollar over possible, future debilitating repercussions and the endangerment of fellow competitors is a fool and should be barred from competition by promoters such as Kelley Carlton has eluded, at a minimum until a medical clearance has been issued.

[old fan]

Clayton's brain has been scrambled for years

[fastford]

Peck on your screen! Yours may be froze.

didnt help any, the door theory is pretty good, but what if the bus is in reverse ?