From the worst to best: NASCAR takes the lead in safety with a $50 million commitment

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NASCAR takes the lead in safety as its Research and Development Center in Concord is involved in about 70 safety-related projects all financed by a $50 million, five-year budget from NASCAR. Gary Nelson and his engineering team work in a 61,000-square-foot, $10 million building which houses a powertrain research lab, with room for a future engine dyno, and a secure storage area and features a computer numerically controlled machining room, a modeling lab and a special surface plate equipped with a ROMER CimCore giant CMM known as GridLOK.

General services, Science & research, Motor vehicle parts and accessories, Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing, Management dynamics, Auto Ride Control & Safety Systems, Research, Management, Safety and security measures, Automotive safety systems, Company business management, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Inc.

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The guy in the yellow hat

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T.Taylor Warren, a motor-racing photographer describes the accident which he viewed at Daytona in the 200-mile Automobile Racing Club of America event at Daytona where a car driven by Blake Feese lost control on pit road. Warren shoots NASCAR Nextel Cup races and sells his photos to Southern MotoRacing, a biweekly periodical published by Hank Schoolfield.

Injuries, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Accidents, Photographers, Warren, T.Taylor

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Sport: The Gong Show

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Jack Roush will conduct its Roush Racing Gong Show, an event of democratic driver-selection contest unique in major American racing. The contest bears witness to an unbelievable, almost comic seven in which a racecar driver can be arrested and hauled off to jail for reckless driving on the racetrack.

Drivers (Vehicles), Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation, Local and Suburban Transportation, Competitions, Motor vehicle drivers, Automobile drivers

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