Because he has Nationwide and they're on his side.Why is Jr. still on track with bad brakes? It just seems like a bad accident waiting to happen.
Of course I know that, but lets not let a witty retort undermine the danger of the cheese grater they call a catch fence. I imagine the parts of the car that got shredded to pieces are the same or similar material that forms the protective cage around the drivers area. Someone puts a stock car windshield first into one of those bars at 180mph and you have a convertible real fast.There's a massive difference between the roof of a closed-top roll caged race car striking the fence and the helmet of a driver in an open-wheel race car.
The sheetmetal is not the same as the rolled steel tubing of the rollcage.Of course I know that, but lets not let a witty retort undermine the danger of the cheese grater they call a catch fence. I imagine the parts of the car that got shredded to pieces are the same or similar material that forms the protective cage around the drivers area. Someone puts a stock car windshield first into one of those bars at 180mph and you have a convertible real fast.
More importantly though, the fence design needs to do a better job of keeping debris out of the stands and spectator area, something it will always fail to do as long as its shredding cars to pieces.
Luckily theres a better way on the way.