Monday, July 16, 2012

SAFER Barrier has made a real difference

Concerned with the rising number of high-impact crashes resulting in driver injuries, then-Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George began looking for a solution. The first application, a Polyethylene Energy Dissipating System -- or PEDS -- was designed by retired General Motors engineer John Pierce and placed on an interior wall near the entrance to pit road in 1998.

RON LECHIEN JOHNNY OMARA GUY COOPER

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