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BJR Racing said
As Jim Head said that most tracks were built for 250 MPH tops with the room to stop the cars, but with the 330 MPH cars it's a detriment on brakes and chutes. Something had too happen, look I'm in favor of more speed but safety has to come into play, and until they can get the safety there I'm for saving lives!

I saw that interview with Jim Head. IIRC, he said that as a driver, there's a huge difference between 290-300 and 330 mph, and as an engineer he said the energies involved are much higher.

Coyote Jack said
I don't think racing to 1000 ft will save any engines. They will just wind them tighter quicker. The effect it will have is the top end speeds will be a little lower as they can only get going so fast so quick, it's physics. Something they might want to consider is taking all or some of the air systems out of the clutch. That would sure make it harder to get them going the speeds they are.
Wasn't there another incident with a T/A F/C this past weekend where a car went through the sandtrap and on into the field beyond and he managed to get it stopped before it hit a tree. The next day the tree was gone.

Jack

I saw that about the tree. Good move.

John Force and few others drivers have already implemented a device that deploys the chute in the event of an explosion. I hear that they are working on different materials for the chutes too. Most likely a more fire resistant material.