# R.I.P dan wheldon

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [October 16, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884 "2011-10-16T15:04:40Z")
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### Author: ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-dan-wheldon/260884/31 "2011-10-17T10:49:35Z")

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> [@Wearing seatbelts in the back seat?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wearing-seatbelts-in-the-back-seat/46072/3):
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> Few here seem to understand the design principles behind a carbon mono tub, and how it and it’s relative components/substructures designed to blow apart and separate in major impacts to dissipate the tremendous energy that’s taking place.
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> I’d rather be in a mono tub than a nascar chassis at comparable speeds during an accident.
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> Shift being shift. Keeps me coming back.

Nascar’s are much safer then they used to be, but compared to watching an open wheel car come apart, its like watching solid steel hit a wall… I think NASCAR relies more on restraint systems and “safer barriers” to soak up the energy then the chassis itself.

Go to 0:50 or so Denny Hamlin head on at the Glen

[ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54SU5etkpr0[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54SU5etkpr0%5B/ame%5D)

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