NASCAR Kentucky 2011: Is the Kentucky Speedway Too Dangerous?

NASCAR 2011 Sprint Cup Series Head to the Kentucky Speedway and Its Lack of SAFER BarriersDale Earnhardt's impact on the sport he dominated is undeniable. It has also branched out to almost all facets of NASCAR racing. Including which tracks NASCAR goes to, and how safe those tracks are. That is why, ten years after the legends death and NASCAR mandated that the walls of tracks were reinforced with SAFER barriers, every track the NASCAR racers visit have walls revamped for walls.Well, every track but one: the Kentucky Speedway. Tony Stewart spoke to the press about this during a press conference on Thursday:They don't have enough SAFER barriers yet. Not near enough SAFER barriers for what we're doing here and how close the wall is to the ...

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