Ernhardt dies in Daytona 500

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Originally posted by MTU 50:
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The reason the impact of Dale's crash is worse than rollover crashes is because in a head-on crash with the wall there is a massive deceleration from 190MPH to zero in a matter of seconds. That is just too much force for the brain to take.

In a rollover crash energy is dissipated more with each hit and the car decelerates much slower than in a head on crash.

God bless Dale!

If you were watching the race, you will note that the car was sliding sideways for a while before it slid up into the wall....I know that a head on collision would be more tramatic, but it didn't appear that he was going that fast when he hit the wall.