When i posted my question about Bill ELLIOTT/restrictor plates
we still try to rustle up bills feathers here in Atlanta about running that lap, in Daytona now,1987 210.364mph
Now at Talladega,same year1987 [I was there]he posted a qualifying lap of 212.809,and that really scared the h*** out of Nascar !!!but the Daytona lap opened nascar's eye's and got the snowball rolling !!!Unfortunally, it almost cost us some lives,driver's & FANS to finally get something done about it,and that didn't happen,until ''88''with the plates.
2007-10-12 03:47:47 · 4 answers · asked by Bow-legged Snake 6 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Your right, his lap times told nascar that something was going to have to be done.
I do think that when Bobby Allison got into the fence Nascar was already trying to figure out how to keep the speeds from climbing even higher.
As I remember, but can't find a link, when Allison rolled along that catch fence parts were thrown into the seating area. Some fans were killed and others were injured?
Regardless of this something had to slow them down!
Plate racing is not good racing! I think Nascar could have found another way to slow them down!
Racing was better in the good ole days!
2007-10-12 04:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by Working Man 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Every safety innovation is because of something bad that happened. After Dale Sr. died, HANS devices where mandatory, SAFER barriers were developed faster and we have the COT. If Bobby Allison stayed on the ground and not flown up into the fence, I think we'd be seeing speeds of 230 at Daytona and Talladega.
2007-10-12 12:50:55 · answer #2 · answered by neohioguy1962 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No one was killed in the Bobby Allison incident but some fans were injured when pieces of the car and fence went into the stands.
2007-10-12 12:34:03 · answer #3 · answered by Smokefaninla 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
for what?
2007-10-12 10:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by NTH IQ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋