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Old 06-16-2005, 07:14 PM   #20 (permalink)
stingc
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ems
The Carrera GT is a specialized machine made for even more intense driving than NASCAR and other sports
Last I checked, Carrera GT's were not 800+ hp machines meant to go in circles at 200 mph almost continuously for hundreds of miles. In any case, no street car has anywhere near the safety equipment of a NASCAR or any other type of serious race car. It just isn't practical.

That said, I'm amazed at how much of this car is intact. At those speeds, though, your neck could snap, impact with the airbag can kill you, or the seatbelt could shatter your ribs (and without these things, you'd die from either being ejected or impaling yourself on the interior). Race cars constrain your neck, and have several padded harnesses that spread out the forces more than standard seat belts.
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