Street Circuit Safety - Concrete Blocks

[275 GTB-4]

If there are Marshal out there who doubt that temporary, two ton concrete blocks, can't jump up and bite them...check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GFKbezV18

Stay safe out there people!

[PVDA]

Originally Posted by 275 GTB-4

two ton concrete blocks

Minor correction but those blocks weigh in at a little over 4 tonnes not 2

The blocks did their job in keeping the car on the track and not in the lap of the spectators or marshals.

Having them sit on smooth ground means they will move if hit hard enough, just look at Turn 8 (Clipsal layout) at Adelaide before they put the second layer of blocks behind the wall.

I don't know the level of the set up at Adelaide, Hamilton or Surfers but at Albert Park spreader frames are installed in the marshal gaps to prevent us from being crushed if the outer block gets hit, mind you we will still get tossed around a bit in a direct hit.

[275 GTB-4]

Originally Posted by PVDA

I don't know the level of the set up at Adelaide, Hamilton or Surfers but at Albert Park spreader frames are installed in the marshal gaps to prevent us from being crushed if the outer block gets hit, mind you we will still get tossed around a bit in a direct hit.

They are heavy, Marshals feet and Ankles are squishey....the blocks can move very, very fast...Marshals may not move very, very fast (as in Canberra a few years ago) .."spreaders" can snap and also jump up and injure Marshals...if Marshals get "tossed around a bit"....

guess what??, Not Happy Marshals Jan

[CombeMarshal]

They got moved a few inches at the ROC!!

[Woolley]

I saw a V8 Ute push the pit wall at Surfers back around 3 feet. There was little you could do to stand back without standing in the pit lane itself, though.

[PVDA]

I remember being told a story about an F1 drivers briefing at Adelaide many years ago when the subject of the blue flag marshal standing out a bit exposed at a few posts was mentioned.

Apparently one of the drivers well known for his quick wit & sense of humour commented when it was suggested the marshals may be hit was to "have plenty of spare marshals ready"

[BSA Susie]

Originally Posted by CombeMarshal

They got moved a few inches at the ROC!!

What when I tripped over one!?

[marshal_man]

I find it funny what commentators say, at Rockingham, there was a huge clio smash with 3 cars as most of you will know the commentator said "When a car hits the contrate blocks the contrete blocks always win" how obvious can you get hehe.

They did a good job tho as there was 2 flaggies stood behind where the cars hit.

[racerkeke]

See this for an example from this past weekend at Long Beach. He hit the opposite wall head-on at the station. Luckily after all this time at the Beach they know to put the K-wall right up against the street curbing if they can't pin it. It still kicked hard enough to make two workers very sore.

keke