If you can find it, there is a documentary called Rapid Response, and it talks how Dr. Steven Olvey invented track side medicine at Indy out of nothing.
There's a documentary about them called 'Yellow Yellow Yellow' if you haven't seen it. It goes into a lot of detail on James Hinchcliffe's big wreck where he got impaled by the suspension.
Thank goodness for the Aeroscreen. And once again, a massive, MASSIVE amount of props to the AMR Safety Team for yet again showing why they are the best in the business. Just an incredible bunch of men and women.
Not for nothing; Wreck or crash. Accidents happen unintentionally, without apparent or deliberate cause. That's why when Dale Jr. calls a race moment, he always uses wreck or crash.
The things that stand out to me as someone who watches mostly F1: The safety crew is astounding. They don't mess around they're just THERE. Massive respect for that. Also the reactions from the drivers after the crash are pure gold. "All good just get this f@#er off me" was my favorite
A lot has to do with prestaging teams at every track entrance. In the old times, you had maybe two or three teams and they weren't always right where the crash happened.
Dr Gary Hartstein wanted a full time safety crew for F1 modeled off the Indycar crew when he was the medical chief. FIA shut down the plan based off costs. Like he said in F1 you're relying on track volunteers most of the time who only have rudimentary training. The Indycar safety team is made up of full time paramedics and firefighters who train specifically for what they might encounter in the series.
I love the sign language from that safety worker. Probably the crew working on the upside down car have control of the radio, so that safety crew member did an awesome job of getting his point across without using the radio.
Haven't seen that type of wreck for an indycar recently in the race that is i missed the race sadly both of Leigh diffeys last indycar races I wish him well with Olympic coverage and hoping he will do well with nascar coverage beginning at Richmond. Scariest crash in indycar I've seen in awhile at a track not named Indianapolis.
Anything is possible at Iowa...you just have to believe! Colton Herta goes into catchfence at Iowa ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vT8awnEalQ0.htmlsi=ZKbj6x9GD_qkdTgP
@@stevesgaming7475Same base concept. Aeroscreen just looks better at the cost of it being less structurally sound with some visual distortion to the driver
@@Christoph5782I think the tradeoffs make sense because of the higher speeds in Indycar compared to F1, and the associated risk of debris at these higher speeds on ovals.
if there wasn't for the aeroscreen we would now be mourning 2 drivers from this wreck, and to think there was so much resistance for the halo / aeroscreen when the concept was first introduced
I was at the Pocono race today so i missed this live. Wow! The aero screen really saved Sting Ray and Kirkwood. A few years ago both Robb and Kirkwood aren't walking away.
Sting Ray wouldve been fine without it, it didnt have an affect on his crash. As for kirkwood, yeah it definitely mightve saved kirkwoods life Also something to note in regard to your last sentence - sting ray actually didnt walk away, he was put on a stretcher. Luckily he seems to be fine now though
If there's a young IndyCar driver as cool-headed, articulate and always the vision of poise no matter what's thrown at him as Kyle, I've yet to see it. What an asset Andretti has in him, both as a likely future title and 500 winning driver and every other facet someone can bring to a team. The future is literally unlimited for him.
Man oh man dude I hope everyone’s okay that was scary especially sting ray robb his car nearly touched the catch fence if he hit the fence the wreck could’ve been worse not only that he could’ve been hurt or killed
I know it's kind of the done thing to mock Robb, but nothing he could do there. Shades of Mike Conway and Hunter-Raey at Indy. Glad everyone seems to be alright.
@Gremlin65 off pace to suddenly out of fuel and massive deceleration out of a fast corner are two very different things. If rossi was off pace he shouldn't have been in the primary line at all.
@Gremlin65 he agreed with Kirkwood, and most, that Rossi shouldn't have been on the racing line. Rossi shouldn't have been on the line, and him being there at a dangerously low speed caused the incident. It's the racing equivalent of driving 35 in the left lane in a 70 zone. Rossi was a rolling hazard to everyone else on track.
Rossi did exactly the same thing at Indy 500 suddenly slowing down on the final straight and Dixon almost collected him the same way SRR did. Watch the last lap onboards from indy... Indycar should take a look at it.
Man shout out to the Safety Teams and Trackside Marshalls that put their lives/time on hold for our ability to race. Either at the highest level or a local track day.
I just told myself a few days ago that Sting Ray Robb Was Gonna Go Upside Down At Sometime. I absolutely knew that was gonna happen without watching the race.
A testament to the safety in IndyCar as well as racing in general. Halo, Windscreen, HANS, and many more inventions and regulations have made it so we don’t literally have these drivers pass away due to accidents anymore
Did you listen to the video? Kirkwood was told Rossi was running out of fuel, how would Rossi not know he was running out of fuel? This is on Rossi, get your car of the racing line if you are going to be that much slower. Robb coming off turn 2 at speed has nowhere to go. You saw the other guys reacting to the wreck lifted and spinning themselves out.
A few years ago, before the Aeroscreens, that could have been a fatality or very serious injury. Amazing how far this sport has come with driver protection
Thank the people who designed the safety equipment, the people who pushed for it to be implemented, and the people who lost their lives in the wrecks that led to all those safety measures.
The first time I saw the crash I think: "They were filming an IndyCar movie during the race? Because that crash looks like straight out of Hollywood" Unreal crash, I still don't believe it's real. Great everyone involved it's OK
Let remember, this was McLarens' fault. All teams have to put in the least amount of fuel in the tanks as weight affects speed. But Mclaren took that to ridiculous standards. Rossi was being told to majorly save fuel with 15 laps to go, I mean major fuel savings. On the last lap he was beyond fumes. When you are on an oval, and a car is operating on 70%, that's a danger for everyone.
The race was over, nobody was even paying attention to the back stretch. My brother in law said "whoa, look at that" but it was already over, couldn't see much from the stands. The rest of the race was incredibly boring
He wrecked during the 500, dumped it a couple months ago at Barber, wrecked it yet again a couple weeks ago at Leguna, & now Iowa. Dude’s a huge threat to every driver on the track.
the radio from Rossi's people imply like that was Stingray's fault... quite the contrary, when your engine loses power mid turn on the primary racing line with a car directly behind you... thats Rossi's fault.
Rossi's team will do anything to deflect considering they didn't tell him to get off the racing line while effectively stalling out. The team is at as much fault as he is. He's been in the game long enough to get off a fast line, dude wants to go out in a blaze of glory without a contract for next year.
Glad SRR OK, sad this was the "highlight" of the parade. My brother got free tickets. Otherwise he'd probably wouldn't have been there. He said more people were coming in for the concerts after the race.
They took $40 tickets, best value in Indy racing and added $60/70 with those concerts. They chase away their core fans for people coming to see a concert? I'm not sure this is a brilliant long term strategy.
