It never ceases to amaze me, after all this time, that this deal continues to fester.
There are no gaurantees in life, folks. We make decisions every day, and sometimes, unfortunately, those decisions have ramifications. Darrell, like many of us, chose to drive a race car, and although they're few and far between, history has shown that there are potential ramifications to that choice.
Everybody needs to get off of Goodyear's ass, I can tell you that. There have been so many ridiculous posts over the years regarding Goodyear's negligence that I've lost count. Some of you act like these guys sit around all day with their thumbs in their asses while these accidents continue to happen. They lose money on fuel tires. Do you actually think they would continue production on a product line that garners this amount of negative press while in a losing proposition?! LMMFAO!!! That's ludicrous! They continue to make the tires because there is, and always will be a market for it. The cars are quicker and faster than when Darrell passed, yet those drivers are still saddling up on those Goodyears, aren't they? And I'll tell you something else, they always will. You could sit all of those drivers down, tell them that every time down the track there is a 50% chance (which we all know that figure isn't even close) that they could suffer a crash, and I'll bet a very large portion of them would still saddle up. I know I would.
We've beat the fact to death that Darrell's immediate family, Julie excluded, didn't support legal action. They, like Darrell, knew the inherent dangers within the sport. I think we're long overdue in putting this stuff to rest.
Sean D