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Old 06-24-2008, 04:10 AM
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It's hard to stop anywhere if you don't have a parachute and you're running close to 300mph. I think the track had a shutdown area and even a net, but he plowed through them both and hit the concrete pillar on one side that holds up the net.

I've read a couple of accounts as to the cause of death...but I'd say it's the impact at the end that killed him.
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