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Thread: IRL Safety Team = Epic Fail
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9th July 2010, 09:42 #51
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Even 60 seconds can be too long in a fire given this......
Originally Posted by markabillyOnly the dead know the end of war. Plato:beer:
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9th July 2010, 11:05 #52
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IC had a serious issue with Simona's fire and offered nothing but propoganda and a feel good statement. Then at the Glen they had another serious failure which they have not even acknowledged with the unacceptable response time to Simona's crash. Luckily she was unhurt.
Meanwhile F1 has a minor foul up with the deployment of the Safety Car and resulting penalties. One race later and changes have been made!
Not to say F1 is perfect. Far from it but at least they do something and quickly.
F1 also have corner workers who can and do respond to an incident, usually very quickly. The Monaco workers are super efficient.
As far as I know neither of Ontario's well trained marshal groups has been contacted to work the Honda Indy in Toronto.
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9th July 2010, 17:58 #53
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Originally Posted by Starter
I wouldn't say this is the ideal, but this is just more proof of the Andretti organization kicking the locals in the teeth. The organization of marshals and volunteers that my friend Mr. Ellsworth was in charge of for years was second to none. CART used to just show up and turn the key.....
ON the safety trucks and their capablilities, I do wish The IRL would get their head out of the sand. At Toronto, There is no reason a prepositioned team couldn't be sitting on the back stretch to get to 3 within 30 seconds of dispatch, and another team could be sitting up at the top end by the Gardiner or over by the GO train entrance in the runoff of turn 11.
The cost of having a second and maybe 3 dispatch trucks is a lot, but as events this year have proven, they are getting by on luck right now..."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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9th July 2010, 18:10 #54
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With the size of the field you can be almost positive there will be at least one collision at 3. Hopefully not until they have got slowed down and not on the approach at close to 200.
Turned out to be an interesting race. Glad I decided to watch it. Too bad Logan went out. At least it was from racing hard and not his own mistake.
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