Speaking of Michael Waltrip.............................?

I agree with you. I thought the safety workers were very slow once they got to the car. I expected a faster response to help him out of the car considering it was on fire.

Michael was one of the most verbally critical speakers against the Hans device when it came out. He was concerned that it would slow down his exit from the car if it started on fire, since he is taller than other drivers. He proved his point on Sunday. Flames were not only on the outside but, the inside of the car before he ever got it stopped.

The first "two" rescuers came sauntering up to the car and did not have extinguishers with them. They did not even lend a hand. This makes me think very poorly of the training they have had/not had. This is one of the reasons that this is a dangerous sport to be involved in.

Its like an idiot at a battle of the wits. Hopefully this incident will bring attention to the situation. Its the most dangerous type of accident for the drivers and should be the #1 priority to the trainers. the NASCAR safety personnel could take some tips in this area from NHRA. Fires are a lot more prevalent there and the safety safari is tops.

In any type of accident you always have to be careful of how you extract, to prevent futher damage, but you also have to be able to prioritize the possible extraction injury to the fire potential for injury.

The safety workers were to slow when they got to the car. There was one dummy on the safety crew just walking around like he was lost or maybe he was on drugs I would though that the first one would have started putting out the fire and the others would have responded faster getting Michael out of the car. They need to call that safety crew to the big red Truck.

I'm glad I was not the only person who noticed this, I was livid I was at the race track, I tell you being at the race it looked even slower, a bunch of us were screaming at the rescue guys, I do not know what there problem was, I guess they saw him moving around and figured he was okay...Buffy is a tough gal, but this had to be horrible for her to go through.....Thank god, the Car of Tomorrow will be much more safer for Mikey.

Michael is one of my favorite drivers and I was horrified to see the first responder just standing there doing nothing. I thought the guy should have lost his job because he didn't even have a fire extinguisher with him.

Glad MW is okay, I am sure it was a tense moment for Buffy...

Yes, i do agree that the safety workers did get there rather slowly, and they didn't help get him out of the car. The funny thing is to me though is that in mikey's post crash interview after he got out of the infield care center, he said that he knew the car was on fire, but he was still taking his time. Sounds like poor judgement on Mikey and on the safety workers.

And THEY preach safety first! I think somebody needs a trip to the 'trailer" to speak with the officials. There was something really wrong with their response! Yeah, I feel for Buffy!

Go Jr.>>>>

I noticed that too, I kept saying to myself " get Mike out of that car". I noticed too that he was having a rough time disconnecting all of that Hans gear. It seems to me that there should be a faster way of getting all of that gear off in a major hurry. I'm amazed he wasnt hurt badly!!!!!!!

I agree very very slow. Even if they werent tryinh to get him out of the car why were they not dousing the flames with the fire extinguishers????