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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
When the car hit the ramped sand/gravel, rather than slowing, the car appeared to launch airborne. This was the point where the concrete barrier began curving left, and the marks indicated the car grazed off the top of the barrier and right into the concrete post. If you stand by the post and look down the track, you see that the post isn't so much off the side of the track as it is at the very end of the right lane of the track, the lane Kalitta was running. The car hit the post and exploded "into a million pieces", as Prudhomme related. Part of it went off to the right and into a crane holding an ESPN cameraman, part went to the left and up against the guardrail, where burn marks were still visible. Parts of the car reportedly went through the woods and onto Pension Road, other parts damaged cars parked at the top end.
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If you look at the picture I posted, that description makes no sense. First, the barrier doesnt start turning left until after the catch net after the sand trap. Second, the car didnt have to go off to the right to hit the crane, the crane was OVER the sand trap.