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44 people have been killed in NASCAR in the last 48 years. 12 in Daytona, most of any race venue.22 People Have Been Killed in 48-Year-History of Reno Air Races
September 17, 2011 Twenty-two people have now been killed in crashes since Reno's National Championship Air Races started in 1964.
List of NASCAR fatal accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Perhaps NASCAR should be shut down?
Cars racing in circles at 200 mph close to spectators. It's not a matter of if but when someone will be killed.
True but in all fairness how many NASCAR races are there VS Reno Air races?
That would kind of skew the stats a bit.
And I am not supporting NASCAR either, just pointing out facts.
I really think most all spectator sports are kinda dumb.
I understand such a device would affect the aircraft's weight and manoeuvrability, but can't they incorporate an ejector seat or other form of escape system into the airframes of these competition aircraft?
They have the same "ejection system" that was used in WWII: Parachutes. But of course parachutes need altitude to work properly. Case in point:I understand such a device would affect the aircraft's weight and manoeuvrability, but can't they incorporate an ejector seat or other form of escape system into the airframes of these competition aircraft?
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... "essentially 12-cylinder hand grenades."
NTSB to review air race safety procedures after Reno crash
18 Sept.`11 - The pilot of a vintage plane that crashed and killed nine at an air race in Nevada on Friday knew his sport was dangerous, telling an interviewer earlier this year that the souped-up engines handle so much stress that they are "essentially 12-cylinder hand grenades."
Jimmy Leeward's rebuilt World War II fighter plane crashed into a spectator area with such force that investigators say reconstructing the aircraft will be hard because it broke into so many pieces. "We may not have everything to work with," said Howard Plagens, who is leading the investigation for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Crashes and even pilot fatalities are not uncommon at air races, but the deaths of eight spectators and Leeward have brought scrutiny of Federal Aviation Administration oversight.
"We will thoroughly examine FAA's current (safety) procedures, what comprehensive plan was in place for this particular race and whether it was followed or not," NTSB member Mark Rosekind told reporters Sunday. Rosekind said the NTSB could recommend changes to improve air-race safety after its investigation, which will take months. The crash occurred at the National Championship Air Races, an annual event in Reno that features daredevil pilots racing wing-to-wing as low as 100 feet off the ground around a course marked with pylons. Air races are a cousin of air shows that feature stunt pilots and military jets but are far more dangerous.
"These guys have always been pushing the edge of the envelope in terms of driving the airplanes hard, driving engines hard," Massachusetts Institute of Technology aeronautics professor John Hansman said. "The races are like NASCAR, where you're trying to maneuver around the other guy." The NTSB also is investigating a fatal crash Saturday that killed a pilot at an air show in Martinsburg, W.Va. Air races and air shows are regulated by the same FAA branch but face different standards. Before approving air races, the FAA examines the race course and spectator area to make sure that a crash or collision does not endanger spectators, the FAA said in a statement Sunday.
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