Memo 's Crash

"Joest" (Joest) 01/31/2014 at 21:47 • Filed to: Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona

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Graphic… I don't understand how a race car can look like this after a crash in 2014. This is unexceptable.

thedevilinside > Joest 01/31/2014 at 21:49

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They cut it open w/ jaws of life to get him out. At least that's what I read and it looks like.

DeltawingGothamDeserves > Joest 01/31/2014 at 21:51

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Yea. By 2014 we should be able to crash at 150+ and be able to have the car not look like a pancake. No sarcasm there at all, I mean with the tech we have these days this should be stopped. Especially for a series of this caliber.

ihm96 > Joest 01/31/2014 at 22:02

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I believe it's purposeful that it breaks so much because it protects the driver from a lot of the force. That's why new cars sent more and crumple when compared to old cars which wouldn't but they would hurt the drivers more

Squid > Joest 01/31/2014 at 22:04

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That crash was pretty violent. Not much could have been done about it other than force the disabled cars to get to an escape road rather than continue on the track at 15 MPH while other cars are closing in at 100 MPH. Truth be told I'm impressed that there isn't less of the car there with the impact being so violent and at that crazy velocity. It also is a testament to the safety cells that both drivers survived rather than being killed. If this were to have happened in the 90's I'm not so sure either driver would have survived this impact.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Joest 01/31/2014 at 22:05

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The car is supposed to crumble in a crash. The energy needs to dissipate, otherwise the drivers would die instantly from the insanely huge G forces. However, the passenger cell should remain intact.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > DeltawingGothamDeserves 01/31/2014 at 22:10

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No.
The cars need to dissipate the energy of the crash. The pieces flying off and the sections collapsing are what saved his life.

Forgetful > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/31/2014 at 22:20

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Yes, you need to disperse the energy of the impact. Every piece that bends, breaks and flies off consumes some of the force. It's the diver's safety cell that needs to remain intact while the rest of the car disintegrates around it.

The same logic that gives us crumple zones in production cars.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Forgetful 01/31/2014 at 22:21

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Yup.

DeltawingGothamDeserves > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/31/2014 at 22:24

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Well I wasnt suggesting it give him fatal wounds from being so stiff, but find a way somehow to divert force away from the cockpit \ or something.

Eric Borton > Joest 01/31/2014 at 22:32

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It is easy to understand. NASCAR chassis specs were used. They only test for like cages and chassis to collide. If it happens to be in an WEC spec/aco we see what can happen. The DP class is antiquated, unsafe, and unfortunately, very NASCAR.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > DeltawingGothamDeserves 01/31/2014 at 22:35

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That's what the collapsing was.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Joest 01/31/2014 at 22:42

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That chassis had to basically absorb 2000 (?)pounds doing about 85 miles an hour faster than it was travelling. If you do the math, I think it's about 2 metric shit tonnes of force. An accident like that would have caused fatalities all around not that long ago, and God help you it happened in a regular car.

Jayhawk Jake > Joest 01/31/2014 at 23:35

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Cars need to look like this after a crash to keep the driver safe.

It's all about dissipating energy. Parts flying off, crumple zones, etc. If it stayed in tact, he would have been dead.

DeltawingGothamDeserves > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/31/2014 at 23:36

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Without harming the driver. Now that I look at it crumple zome are probably more important..

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > DeltawingGothamDeserves 01/31/2014 at 23:53

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That crash was so brutal, the car preformed admirably. Yes you could make a safer car, but the costs would be too high for anyone to race.

302? I think yes > Joest 02/01/2014 at 00:41

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He survived so everything at least somewhat did it's job...

covesidekid > Joest 02/01/2014 at 16:22

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Didn't you mean,

un·ac·cept·a·ble???

No amount if technology is going to change the laws of physics. When an object goes from 140mph to ZERO and only has about 12 inches to do so, shit breaks. He's very lucky to be alive. Now lets just hope technology can put him back together.