[quote=newman;956751]And he hit it at the weakest point for that type of impact.
Almost pure cross sectional loading of a cantelever/pointload (kinda) beam.
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… a pretty well balanced car that may have prevented it from spinning around the tree.
A fwd is so front loaded it probably would have just spun rather than crush.
Of course this is all conjecture.
very lucky… me want cagey for tracky.
Glad you are among the living…
:picard:
Heh, am I the only one who thought of Howie after reading the thread title?
um, im guessing maybe the fumes from it?
Car is originally from Buffalo.
nice copy & paste, but no link to the original thread…
Complete build here: http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16273&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=f93fc6978d263f4c153ecdc6c7fca5e3
Just a matter of freak accident > cage. Min. 1.50" X .125"
The bend at the top of the A-pillar could have been reinforced with a straight bar going from the bend to the bottom of the A pillar bar. So a straight bar reinforces those two bends.
A diagonal or an X could be added to reinforce the halo bar “void”.
But then again the local pro cage builders use .035" wall and have two bends at the top of the A pillar (out of 3 total) none of which are reinforced so WTF do I know.
I like that he bitches about having his new driving suit cut open. 
Maybe the hit on the head and lack of oxygen made his priorities a little wack.
I am still thinking about a cage.
wow he is super lucky.
im pretty sure he was just kidding, i give him credit for at least finding some humor in all of this, but damn thats a crazy accident.
I think he was kidding too. He needs to worry about why he blacked out and went straight off the track
Still poorly designed.
People who build most rollcages are stupid anyways, they think of them as a glorified roll bar, to keep the roof from crushing in the event of a roll, not a violent flip.
A cage should be built strong enough that It cant take a car traveling the same speed your normally traveling at any part of the track, into any portion of the cage, and keep the cage off the driver.
Cliffnotes: build the cage so when you flip and a car drives into your roof, you dont end up the same height as sponge bob.
:lol: :picard:
If you circle tracked as long as I havem, you’d see the majority of cages are downright scary and by no means as safe as they should be.
Which is what I weighed that entire statement on.
