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Originally Posted by URY914
No way a 75 year old can be rattled around like that and not have some sort of brain injury.
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You may remember a few years ago that one of John Force's drivers was killed testing a funny car (Eric Medlin) and it was the helmet rattling around the cage that killed him. His brain couldn't handle the impacts. It was tire shake that killed him, not a crash. Let that sink in.
New safety equipment was immediately designed and mandated in every car, so maybe the new safety standards kept JF's brain from getting rattled around. Time will tell, and like has been said above, I'm not happy that there aren't some updates....
http://www.nbcsports.com/motor-sports/news/a-lasting-legacy-medlens-death-spurred-nhra-safety-gains
(edit, I just saw that Brian 162 just made the same point.)