The death of racing
With the death of MotoGP (Pro motorcycle racing) driver Marco Simoncelli earlier today, and Indycar driver Dan Wheldon last weeks that makes two auto racing deaths in two weeks. I now have a fear that we may be on the edge of seeing racing go away as it was meant to be, dangerous. The whole idea of racing is that is fast and dangerous but these drivers do it (and that we cheer on) do it anyway; whether because of the love of speed, or the need of experiencing life on the blade of the sword, or whatever. No matter the reason, these driver who do it and that we support know the risks that come with their profession. However with these two deaths the yells and screams for more safety will be coming loud and fast. To those calls I have one response, look at what extreme safety has done to NASCAR the younger drivers, who have grown up with all the high-tech safety equipment are far and away more aggressive and dangerous then the older ones. Why, because even in the most violent crashes these days in NASCAR the worst you are likely to get it seems is a headache; While the older drivers who have had to deal with getting hurt on a more serious level drive with more respect for the other drivers while still doing quite well. Now don't get me wrong I don't believe that NASCAR should go back to the day when all you had was a seat belt and helmet(if that) or that MotoGP and Indy-car shouldn't look into better safety, Indy-car & F1 cars are designed to fall apart around the driver that's why they look so spectacular, and there's not much more you can do to make motorcycle racing safer. But we need to respect the drivers who do this and realize that they know the dangers & risks; accept that and then real that no matter what when you have people going fast horrible things can and are going to happen.
posted by Iconoclast @ Sunday, October 23, 2011
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