Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
All the AMA riders I talk to and other riders such as WERA and such swear they will never get in a race car. I use to think the AMA guys were crazy but they're really not.
Talk to the AMA/WERA riders that used to race cars, or the ones that switched from bikes to cars...they will tell you.

Just as an example, the last time I can think of someone that died in a car at Road Atlanta was Bob Akin at the 2002 Mitty in a 1988 Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo. Since then there's been several cart and motorcycle deaths, including one decapitation.

To put it into perspective, 227 motorcycle riders have died at the Isle of Man since 1907 yet only 48 have died on the Nürburgring and the most deadly track is Indianapolis with 56. Hell, add up all the automobile deaths of the top 5 most deadly tracks: Indianapolis, Nurburgring, Monza, Daytona, & Le Mans equals 182 which is still 20% less than just the Isle of Man alone...