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Examining the Interior and Safety Structures

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The Most Destructive NASCAR Crash Everyone Forgot: Mike Harmon's Bristol Wreck Car UP CLOSE!

What happens here

Examine the interior of the car, focusing on the driver's compartment, the roll cage structure, the racing seat, and the seatbelt harnesses. Observe the extreme deformation of the metal and how the roll cage has collapsed inward, demonstrating its role in protecting the driver despite the severity of the impact. The driver recounts his experience within the collapsing structure, noting that he initially didn't realize the extent of the damage until seeing replays on the news. This step provides critical insight into the car's passive safety systems.

Goal: Analyze the integrity of the roll cage and driver's safety features

Tools and materials

  • Wrecked NASCAR Race Car Chevrolet — The subject of the inspection

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first time I'd actually saw it that's what my knees like to buckled on me you know when I saw what everybody else saw but you know I wasn't mad no more put that way cuz the car was brand new it had three Laps on it and what most people don't realize is I just went on the racetrack in three and drove down the front straightway and realized this right front tire was going down and I was trying to get it woed down and we hit the gate and you know it came open and saw the car in two long it was it was so close and I'm not a guy let's go a steering wheel it was so close to me that I I grabb my shoulder with my my right arm really yeah cuz I I was thinking that this cage is getting too narrow I didn't realize the wall was in the car yeah cuz you know your cage is your life support and I didn't really realize I stepped out of it on the right side started walking off and uh Harold Holly he smiled by too he was the first guy to me Dan dehoff was the second guy to me they were part right there and Dan he was car he's my neighbor also car chief on the two car and Johnny solder when it hit me and they were the first two there to help me away in the car and Johnny he saw more a lot more than I saw he was really shaking up cuz he thought I was exposed when he hit all this stuff and he thought he' hit me I never uh set in the seat again never never put the helmet or the fire suit back on won't do it and I just don't yeah I fig they did their job I think I I think that I kept my SHO that was it steering wheel was it was underneath Johnny's car at the other end of the straightaway really yeah I it's not here it's a trophy run oh but uh it's bent flat to the column is shaped like a de wow yeah I didn't I didn't want to get rid of it he was just showing me the 1900 lb spring in the whole bar push midd it take a heck of a press to do that wow how tempting was it to reuse this engine well it was not too much but what I what I what I want to do is I'm I'm big in the cars anyway I want to put it in a hot rod one one day it's good for that I mean it's I'm sure it's got to be gone through and Coring that valve cover probably got a bent valve and we'll fix it up you know that's that's a I'm a bucket L we got a

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