Before safety gear was invented in race cars. ( Video )

[Richard_D]

[russell_bynum]

What does the title have to do with the video?

[sgendler]

Well, that was gruesome. I liked the song, though. Definitely gives an appreciation for modern safety gear. I liked that one course which included ripping between the columns at speed - good thinking!

[upflying]

Even with modern safety gear, racers still die. Laws of physics.

[roadscholar]

Without those guys we'd be driving around in boring tin cans with skinny tires, cheap shocks, and lousy brakes.

 

Oh wait, we are.

[Gregori]

The crashes seem pretty gruesome. And just think - in most of those wrecks, they're screaming along at a numbing 30 MPH.

 

My, how the world has changed!

[steve.foote]

Without those guys we'd be driving around in boring tin cans with skinny tires, cheap shocks, and lousy brakes.

 

Oh wait, we are.

 

Well, some of us are.

[roadscholar]

Without those guys we'd be driving around in boring tin cans with skinny tires, cheap shocks, and lousy brakes.

 

Oh wait, we are.

 

Well, some of us are.

 

Well, you certainly aren't. Unless you're referring to the GS.