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Originally Posted by mountainstar
And what run off room exists at the end of Mountain Straight? A solid wall with tire bundles. You can recreate Dale's crash almost anywhere at Bathurst.
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The discussion wasn't about Bathurst's other corners, just the Chase. Comparing to other corners is not really relevant. There used to be a wall at the Chase, not close to the racing surface, and it was demo'ed for good reason after Don Watson's crash. Almost any variation of a wall is not going to be a good thing.
Not knowing much about SAFER barriers, would a car launched into them protrude back into or worse bounce back across into traffic? That could create a worse situation than a cross-over t-bone. A stationary car presented to traffic was how Mark Porter was killed. The Chase is a lot faster than Reid Park.
Bearing in mind Jim Keogh's big Commodore lose in about 82/83 when he spun infield of Conrod, coming back across Murray's Corner. The cross over T-bone was not created by the Chase, just shifted further back up the Hill.