blinkyxx reblogged your photoset: heavens2betsy: Danica’s wreck today. Thank…

What gets lost here is if this happened in a last-gen IndyCar, Patrick would be re-learning to walk

Hell, even a pre-COT car, she’d probably be in the same situation.

It’s scary watching a car hit that hard, but in my opinion, watching these new-gen cars crash, especially in slow motion, is one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever seen. To see everything crumple that’s supposed to, seeing the S.A.F.E.R. barrier compress, everything about it is elegant in a purely-functional way.