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As the sport saw more NASCAR Crashes interrupt races, and hurt both drivers and fans, it was forced to implement new measures to increase safety. Change comes in this mostly changeless sport when it’s really needed, and even though it gained some popularity because of accidents, it strove to avoid them in the future. Let’s take a look as NASCAR crashes and how they changed the sport for the better.

No crash had more impact on NASCAR, the drivers and fans, than the horrible event that ended Dale Earnhardt’s life during the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Through the years NASCAR hadn’t seen such a famous and influential person die on the race course. As expected NASCAR fans reacted in a huge way – showing their love for the fallen hero and their concern over the tragedy.

Earnhardt had a lasting legacy in the sport well beyond his legendary status and all the merchandise his name and number could sell. Racing safety and NASCAR’s attitude towards it were forever changed by this, the worst of all NASCAR crashes. There were three major shifts in safety in NASCAR:

- HANS – Head and Neck Support – devices became mandatory in every car.

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- Concrete walls were out, while the SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) barriers were installed in every track.

- Research and development of the Car of Tomorrow sped up greatly.

The first big test for Car of Tomorrow came during turn one of the Samsung 500 qualifying at the Texas Motor speedway as one driver slammed a COT into a SAFER barrier. Never before had there been such a hard impact or such severe tumbling after a crash, but the driver walked away thanks to COT and SAFER.

Out of the tragedies of the past new safety equipment that saved lives had been developed. It could be that the success of measures such as SAFER and COT led to one unexpected result – complacency.

It’s important to understand the physics of a crash. If once wasn’t enough, maybe twice would suffice for Rusty Wallace who flew in his car at both Daytona and Talladega in 1993. Momentum means energy, which was lost with each turn the car took in the air. Injuries wouldn’t be severe as long as the driver wasn’t crushed as he was protected by the safety cage – which is what happened both times for Wallace.

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