Bob Barnard Track Engineering

I turned on the Indycar races from Toronto last weekend and watched the GoPro lap of the track with Townsend Bell and Steve Matchett driving us around the course quite quickly with neither wearing a seat belt! How do I know it was quickly? Because Steve had to keep grabbing hold of something to stop being thrown around. Why not wear the seat belt idiot! I am sure Honda was very pleased at this fine example of safe driving.

And then of course there is the track where we have been racing for many years, but we still cannot afford to repave it, much like the New Hampshire NASCAR track. Rope tied tire barriers have never been acceptable as far as I know, but Indycar thinks they are just fine. Just as NASCAR thinks debris fence with the post and cable on the track side of the mesh is OK. Is there no one involved who knows or cares? How are we ever going to raise the standard of motor racing safety when we have these examples?