Lowe?s adding SAFER barrier along the inside wall of...

Lowe?s adding SAFER barrier along the inside wall of backstretch

Lowe’s Motor Speedway will have a SAFER barrier along the inside wall of its backstretch by the time the track opens for NASCAR racing next month. An additional 340 feet of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction barriers are being installed, and track president Humpy Wheeler said Tuesday the project will be completed in time for the May 17 All-Star race. The track has had a SAFER barrier on part of the inside backstretch wall coming out of Turn 2, but none heading into Turn 3. “Not that many people end up down here, but just in case they do, we want to make sure they’ve got some cushioning,” Wheeler said of the project that will cost about $110,000. “I wanted to do this for a while. The Las Vegas deal, we saw it is the bizarre places on the race track that you’ve got to watch out for. Those are the ones that will bite you.” Every track on the Sprint Cup circuit has SAFER barriers installed wherever NASCAR told them they needed it. But there are areas that remain untouched, and there’s been an increased focus on improving inside walls and openings since Jeff Gordon crashed at Las Vegas in March. ESPN.com

Date: April / 30 / 2008
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