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Those cars have pretty strong roll cages and other safety features, plus the foam barriers along the wall helped. Also the longer the car keeps going before it comes to a stop helps because the final speed before impact is less. The energy of a moving car depends on the square of the speed. (if you double the speed, the energy increases by a factor of 4).

This was one of the things that made Earnhardt Sr's crash so bad was that he went into the wall at nearly full speed.

That reminds me. I have to change my oil. Check the tire pressure too.

I've been watching NASCAR races for over 25 years and have rarely seen as hard a hit. The "Car of Tomorrow" certainly is the "Car of Right This Damn Second" - has to be a huge relief to all wives, mistresses and girl friends of drivers everywhere. If you aren't splattered like roadkill after that kind of hit, you're likely to survive anything.