I've never heard of and have never seen at any other racing venue, Olvey said. Two drivers pulled off the race track after long stints at over 230 mph and they pulled in because they were experiencing rather severe dizziness and light-headedness and felt they could no longer safely control the race car. This led me to think that possibly we were having a problem with too high G-loading with our drivers in these cars at these speeds at this particular type of race track. In a meeting Saturday night, Olvey asked how many drivers had experienced vertigo-like symptoms, and all but four drivers raised their hands. The issue here is an area that we ve never been before physically, said Michael Andretti, who reportedly had his attorney by his side throughout Sunday s meeting.
Drivers have the potential of passing out.
This is something we cannot have. I was not aware of these problems until the driver s meeting, and I was shocked when I saw all the drivers raise their hands that were having these problems. While cart tried to change some things to slow the cars down it found that their changes were not substantial enough that the drivers would be safe so they cancelled the race. End of story. Drivers come first.