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Jeff Gordon, who escaped injury after crashing hard into the inside retaining wall in Turn 2 in the closing laps of Sunday’s UAW-Dodge 400, called on Las Vegas Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith to add ‘soft walls’ in the area.
Gordon crashed on lap 263 of the 267-lap race and hit a spot in the wall where there is a gap.
“I’m really disappointed right now in this speedway for not having a soft wall back there,” Gordon said. “And even being able to get to that part of the wall shouldn’t happen.
“I’ve got two things to say: Bruton, you need a soft wall and to change the wall back there on the back straightaway. Thankfully, Hendrick Motorsports … builds an unbelievable race car because that’s the hardest I’ve ever hit.”
Greg Biffle, who finished third in the race and was behind Gordon on the track when he crashed, agreed with Gordon and said there is no excuse for having gaps in the walls.
“There shouldn’t be any gaps anywhere,” Biffle said. “There should be SAFER barriers all the way around the inside and the outside of these racetracks. You can’t say we don’t have the time or money to do it because we’re coming back here next year and going to race again.”
This is new, I feel for Wonder Boy! No racetrack should have a configuration that makes it possible for a car to hit a wall head on. But it takes incidents like Jeff's to make us notice, and I'm sure it will be corrected at LVMS. Reminded me of a horrible CART crash at Fontana when Greg Moore was killed by slamming a wall head on. Remember Greg, he was from Nevada I think!
The late great Greg Moore was from Maple Ridge, British Columbia. A fluke accident like Gordon's that needs to be addressed.
Greg Moore's car hit an access road and was 'tripped' over to strike the infield concrete wall upside-down at unabated speed. Upon impact he suffered massive head, brain, neck, and other internal injuries. He was extricated by the CART Safety Team, and was airlifted to nearby Loma Linda University Medical Center. Exhaustive efforts to resuscitate him were made as the injuries had stopped his breathing; however they all failed. Moore was just 24 years old when he died.
Sorry GOD, I do know where he was from, I'm in Vancouver. You are right, he was great!! However, I'm just playing with Brian Hilderbrand, see 'Edwards wins UAW-Dodge 400' and you'll will understand. But then, as GOD, why didn't you already understand? Hmmm!