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During the 1970’s, Indy Cart would be deemed one of the most dangerous racing sports in the world. While its counterpart, NASCAR was beginning its reign of American media dominance, it was crashes like these that led to enhanced safety precautions and regulations:
The Indy Cart is a light weight vehicle that rests only inches from the surface. One small bump or malfunction can cause these machines to life from the track and become airborne. After these crashes, the carts began installing roll cages and driver seats similar to the strength and shape of jet fighter planes. Since then the number of fatal crashes has drastically decreased and it is a much safer sport . . . although you would never catch me out there.
BONUS: Name the video game that uses the song in that youtube video as its opening main menu. HINT: PS2, you fight mobsters to revenge a death, and the coolest weapon is a Molotov cocktail.
