Originally posted by NorCal DC4
Also it was Dale Earnhardt who died, when his car went into the #4 turn wall at Daytona. He hit the wall nearly perpendicular, after losing traction running down low in turn 3. He collided with the CMU track wall at well over 120 mph; he died of cerebral hemmorage resulting from a lack of proper restraint at the head. The HANS (Head And Neck Support) device is now mandatory as a result of Earnhardt's crash - it was reccomended before.
LOL I was thinking "who the **** is Dale Gordon?" I figured they meant Dale Earnhardt and confused him with Jeff Gordon. And yeah it was his lack of head restraint that killed him. I heard he was going a lot faster though. But I figure no amount of restraint will save you because I heard at those speeds your brain hits the wall of your skull and gets mushed up so you'd be a tard anyway.