Driver suits

[d4ster3]

why do crew chiefs wear driver suits? i dont get it.. they're sitting on top of a box watching a computer screen.. i understand the team aspect, but come on..

i can somewhat understand the crew wearing the suits, i guess they could catch on fire under some weird circumstance but...

more importantly, why do reporters wear driver suits? why do the sprint girls wear driver suits in victory lane??

i dont get it, do they think they may catch on fire? do they think they may be called in to drive? should basketball coaches wear uniforms? have i drank too much tonight?

 

[volfanbill]

why do crew chiefs wear driver suits? i dont get it.. they're sitting on top of a box watching a computer screen.. i understand the team aspect, but come on..

more importantly, why do reports wear driver suits? why do the sprint girls wear driver suits in victory lane??

i dont get it, do they think they may catch on fire? do they think they may be called in to drive? should basketball coaches wear uniforms? have i drank too much tonight?

it's fire safety. When things go wrong with a car, a crew chief is doing a lot more than sitting on a box. Same goes for when reporters and models are parading around a car.

 

[d4ster3]

what about the owners, fans, girlfriends, etc. who are on the box with the crew chiefs

 

[d4ster3]

ok i guess i can somewhat understand the team members/crew chiefs.. but the reporters just make me laugh in their little suits.. also the sprint girls who have no idea whats going on during the post race interview

 

[volfanbill]

ok i guess i can somewhat understand the team members/crew chiefs.. but the reporters just make me laugh in their little suits.. also the sprint girls who have no idea whats going on during the post race interview

i bet no one was laughing when Jerry Punch went out in his fire suit and saved Ernie Irvan and Rusty Wallace's lives.

 

[d4ster3]

ok i was wrong, driver suits are necessary

...now back to the serious side of the NASAR forum

 

[jhen713]

what about the owners, fans, girlfriends, etc. who are on the box with the crew chiefs

I don't know about all the other wives but Harvick's wears a fire suit. She is on the pit box or in the pit area most of the races.

 

[rbroyles]

i bet no one was laughing when Jerry Punch went out in his fire suit and saved Ernie Irvan and Rusty Wallace's lives.

I was at Bristol when Wallace had that wreck, and he does credit Punch and the other EMS who responded with saving his life.

Interesting he was more seriously injured on a half-mile track than when he took those spectacular tumbles at the 2-1/2 mile tracks.

 

[jhen713]

I was at Bristol when Wallace had that wreck, and he does credit Punch and the other EMS who responded with saving his life.

Interesting he was more seriously injured on a half-mile track than when he took those spectacular tumbles at the 2-1/2 mile tracks.

With safety not being as big of an issue back then, I wonder if they had less strcture support on their short track cars because they weren't expecting tumbles like that at slower speeds. I don't know, just a thought I had.:twocents:

 

[rbroyles]

With safety not being as big of an issue back then, I wonder if they had less strcture support on their short track cars because they weren't expecting tumbles like that at slower speeds. I don't know, just a thought I had.:twocents:

I do not think so, as a matter of fact they beef-up the Bristol cars to better stand up to the almost certain beatin' and bangin'. At Talladega the long series of flips look horrendous, but if the car doesn't hit anything, there is no strong impact, and energy is gradually dissipated with each roll as the car disintegrates. At Bristol Wallace hit the wall almost head on and flipped violently into a wall again.

Michael Waltrip had what many say is the most violent wreck ever at Bristol. He struck the end of the backstraight wall at the entrance gate, and went from around 110 mph to zero in like one foot. That commercial where the guy dumps out a box full of model car parts is about what the car looked like.

 

[jhen713]

I do not think so, as a matter of fact they beef-up the Bristol cars to better stand up to the almost certain beatin' and bangin'. At Talladega the long series of flips look horrendous, but if the car doesn't hit anything, there is no strong impact, and energy is gradually dissipated with each roll as the car disintegrates. At Bristol Wallace hit the wall almost head on and flipped violently into a wall again.

Michael Waltrip had what many say is the most violent wreck ever at Bristol. He struck the end of the backstraight wall at the entrance gate, and went from around 110 mph to zero in like one foot. That commercial where the guy dumps out a box full of model car parts is about what the car looked like.

Like I said, it was just a thought. I wasn't even Following NASCAR back then. I would just watch the races with my dad every now and then.