NVirkkula wrote:
Also interesting to read. Pippa Mann's part.
"The #30 had achieved a speed of 224 mph on the front straight and reduced throttle from 100% to approximately 20% approximately 2 seconds before making contact with the #8. The brakes were applied approximately 0.8 of a second before impact and the speed was reduced from 224 mph to 196 mph at the point of impact. "
So there it is for people who thought that she was only involved for not being qualified to race this type of cars in these speeds. Her reactions indicates that she did all she could in the situation she was given to avoid the accident. It's not like she went flat out through it, like some people speculated after the accident.
I wonder if another factor in that could have been a soft brake pedal, considering she likely wouldn't have been using it much (if any) during the opening laps at that track. I know that's sometimes an issue for stock cars at the plate tracks. Would that also be a potential issue for an Indycar? I don't really know much about their braking package.