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Jaundiced Eye.
Simple question: How dare we? Given all the expertise and all the exhaustive research and conscientious effort to find the truth in the matter
of Dale Earnhardt's death, what on earth possesses us to question NASCAR's conclusion that it's none of our business?
How dare we question the results of an investigation reported in 324 pages presented in two bound volumes, led by Dr. James Raddin and Dr. Dean Sicking and backed up by more than 50 doctors, engineers and physicists retained by NASCAR?
After the results were presented there was an hour's Q&A during which it was clear that NASCAR doesn't plan any immediate changes to its safety procedures. The rationale? ``Nothing we can do can bring back those who we've lost,'' said NASCAR's president Mike Helton, so who are we to be asking questions?
After all, there are going to be black boxes. And in a major change from the past, the sanctioning body will hire a medical liaison to deal with on-track injuries. But no traveling medical teams as in CART and the IRL. ``Local physicians are good enough,'' said Helton. And, he said, a driver-led safety committee sounds too much like a union. ``We already have a safety committee. It's 43 drivers every Sunday.''
Now, about restraint systems. Drivers and owners say the sanctioning body shouldn't mandate systems, nor how belts and seats are installed. ...
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