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Justin Wilson in coma after IndyCar Pocono accident
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| 8-23-2015
| IRL
Posted on 08/23/2015 6:17:10 PM PDT by BlueNgold
Justin Wilson, a British IndyCar driver, was struck in the head by debris from another car during today's race.
IndyCar reports he is in a coma and listed in critical condition.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: chat; indy; indycar; justinwilson; pocono; prayerlist
Prayers
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posted on
08/23/2015 6:17:10 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
To: BlueNgold
To: BlueNgold
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posted on
08/23/2015 6:23:28 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: BlueNgold
To: BlueNgold
Dangerous sport — prayers for him and the family!
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posted on
08/23/2015 6:40:12 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Trump is the missile. Cruz is the payload. (Tagline stolen from Kid Shelleen with no attribution!))
To: BlueNgold
At first I thought it was...
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posted on
08/23/2015 6:46:06 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: nascarnation
Not good. Wilson is a good driver, and popular with other drivers. He’s one of the good guys we like. Prayers for a full rcovery.
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posted on
08/23/2015 6:50:37 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Ms. Clinton, are you a criminal or just really stupid?)
To: henkster
Tony Stewart has made his plane available to take family to hospital. Has there been any other news?
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posted on
08/23/2015 7:19:47 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
( Read my lips: no more Bushes)
To: hoosiermama
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posted on
08/23/2015 7:31:05 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Ms. Clinton, are you a criminal or just really stupid?)
To: henkster
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posted on
08/23/2015 7:32:03 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
( Read my lips: no more Bushes)
To: hoosiermama
A really bad situation. Sent prayers when it happened. He and his family now live here in Colorado, but I don;t know where. Hope he recovers fully. He seems like a great person.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:11:36 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
Head injuries can be tricky. Lost daughter to a dear friend when a mower flipped and threw her. Not a scratch on her. Just the head injury.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:14:49 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
( Read my lips: no more Bushes)
To: hoosiermama
I know head injuries can be tricky. He was going really fast when that piece that looked like the nose cone hit him. Hope the helmet protected him some.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:32:18 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
First 48 hours are worse. MUst keep swelling down.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:39:56 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
( Read my lips: no more Bushes)
To: BlueNgold
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posted on
08/23/2015 9:11:32 PM PDT
by
djstex
To: MtnClimber
That piece of debris looked like it went 100 feet in the air after hitting his helmet.
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posted on
08/23/2015 9:24:02 PM PDT
by
Trailerpark Badass
(There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
To: henkster
While praying for his recovery, it raises an issue I've long wondered about that you, with your extensive fan experience at Indy, might answer. Having watched Indy 500s since the '50s, I've been gratified to note the great reduction--though certainly not elimination--of deaths and serious injuries. The chief driver vulnerability now has seemed to me to be the exposure of the drivers' heads and upper torsos in these open cockpits, versus the somewhat better protection afforded by stock car roofs and roof supports.
So, why hasn't some protection been mandated? At this point, it's rather like baseball was before batting helmets became mandatory in the '50s: unnecessary risk. I say this as one whose son-in-law was paralyzed in a motocross wreck, a voluntary foolhardy activity.
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posted on
08/23/2015 9:26:34 PM PDT
by
Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
To: Hebrews 11:6
As you mentioned, driver safety has improved dramatically and is always a top concern. As for driver enclosure, the biggest reason they don’t want to put them in a “cockpit” is it would hamper the ability of the safety crew to extract the driver, particularly where fire was involved and speed is essential
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posted on
08/24/2015 4:22:44 AM PDT
by
henkster
(Ms. Clinton, are you a criminal or just really stupid?)
To: henkster
I see--thanks for the explanation. Of course, NASCAR cannot adopt that view and still have its cars resemble "stock" cars.
Then again, I don't know that a "cockpit" per se is needed; instead, a steel bar or two in front and above would seemingly protect against larger pieces of flying debris, while still permitting rapid egress. I believe they already hampered rapid escape somewhat when recently mandating the HANS restraint, so obviously there is some trade-off in play. It will be interesting to see what transpires going forward.
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posted on
08/24/2015 6:54:31 AM PDT
by
Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
To: BlueNgold
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