From my cold dead hands

Ya don’t say ...

Damn. I forgot about that one. That pretty much forced him into retirement.

Serious question: was that just dumb luck or did the craziness have anything to do with NASCAR and NBC forcing them to run a race in its entirety that ended with a frightening crash at 2:30 A.M.? It seems like a bad idea to make people drive 200 mph 4 hours after the typical human’s normal bedtime.

I assume it was because I’ve always heard not to move somebody that could have a neck injury unless you know what you’re doing. Since these were just pit crew guys and there wasn’t immediate danger like the car being on fire or something it would probably be wise to wait for trained medical people to get there before…

It’s head/neck injuries. You don’t want someone with a broken neck getting moved around by someone who is just trying to help.

Agreed. When I first saw his post-race interview, the cynical sports fan in me initially assumed he was just doing the usual “hope everyone is ok, lucky no one is hurt, etc.” thing. However, after remembering about his dad’s accident at this track and hearing this, it’s pretty clear he’s a good guy that was sincerely…

Interesting that the “don’t touch him” verbage was so strongly communicated. Perhaps a liability thing....who knows. Maybe some of it had to do with his Dad’s crash and how things were handled in that case. Either way, crazy audio.

That sure does demonstrate how much of a class act Dale Jr. is. His reaction was legitimate concern for the sport’s competitors and fans.

Dude watched his own father die on that race track in a #3 Chevy so it’s pretty understandable he’d find that wreck upsetting.

I’ma go ahead and say I’ve never driver a CR-Z,

It’s not economical enough to justify the weight of the hybrid system. It’s not quick enough to justify its looks.

It’s numb to drive, it’s got useless dead weight (Hybrid garbage), it’s not very efficient, it’s uncomfortable, it’s too expensive...

Shhh. Don’t use logic. The idiots come out in droves to bash the Prowler.

Emissions regs had been tightened not long before, and the automakers hadn’t yet figured out how to make engines work properly under the new restrictions.

Amazing how 40 years of technology works.

It’s almost as if there were 40+ years of development since then.

a “hot rod” originally meant something an owner hopped up themselves using a fairly mundane car as a base. The ‘32 Ford is the archetype of a hot rod; chop the roof off, lower the suspension, put a honkin’ V8 underhood (if you bothered to keep the hood,) and the Prowler was supposed to emulate that.