Word: earnhardts
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...These factors operating together resulted in head impact," wrote crash injury experts James Raddin and James Benedict in NASCAR's two-volume, two-inch-thick report. "None of these factors alone can be conclusively isolated as the cause" of Earnhardt?s death...
...NASCAR?s slick, two-hour press conference provided a microsecond-by-microsecond dissection of the crash, but did little to quell persistent questions and criticism. The report failed, for example, to determine exactly why Earnhardt?s left lap belt "dumped," bunching in a twisted tension adjuster, causing it to rip like cheap T-shirt...
...Seat belt designer Joe Simpson, who resigned from Simpson Performance Products after Earnhardt?s crash, held his own press conference after NASCAR?s, blaming the driver?s crew for improperly installing the belt. Safety expert Raddin shrugged off that allegation, noting that the belt could not have been installed differently and still fit the seat...
...This new report did not reconcile with an earlier study that concluded Earnhardt?s fatal skull fracture came when he hit his chin, nor did it determine whether a head-and-neck restraint would have saved...
...NASCAR President Mike Helton said that NASCAR was more interested in improving safety in the future than in assessing blame for Earnhardt?s death. Some of the new safety measures planned include...