03-09-2013, 06:37 PM
This was only the third such incident I can recall happening in the past three decades. One was when Carl Edwards flipped into the fence in 2009 (a piece of debris went through and broke a fan's jaw) and the other was when Bobby Allison's motor literally 'blew up' in the late 80's.
As Tony Stewart said in the aftermath, all the drivers know it's a dangerous sport, and that's a risk they take when they climb into the cars. But it's a much more serious matter when that danger gets transferred to the fans in the stands. They didn't come to risk their life around forty metal boxes on wheels going 200 mph. They came to enjoy watching a day of racing up close instead of on their big-screen TV.
As Tony Stewart said in the aftermath, all the drivers know it's a dangerous sport, and that's a risk they take when they climb into the cars. But it's a much more serious matter when that danger gets transferred to the fans in the stands. They didn't come to risk their life around forty metal boxes on wheels going 200 mph. They came to enjoy watching a day of racing up close instead of on their big-screen TV.
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