Compound being literally trapped where the driver is in a bad situation and then transfer the impact of the wrecks through the car to the drivers seat and drivers are getting hurt worst in what appears to be minor accidents. By all appearances and probably to the severe frustration of the teams, the concept of keeping the impact energy in the metal and not transferred to the driver has been lost in the aerodynamics competition and race for parity among the manufacturers. I've always thought that some kind of bumper absorber system similar to our personal cars could be engineered to absorb a great deal more of that energy and could be implemented with structural improvements. I've been told no absorber could be created to withstand the racing environment. Given the speeds, the money involved and the shared technology available today, I have to agree with the drivers who have been major proponents of making the sport safer.
Every effort needs to be made to find the way.
Nascar appears to be looking into a variety of mechanical improvements such as honeycomb nose areas on the cars to absorb the impact, which would lend itself to the concept that how much metal you use isn't as important as how you use it. However, the safest route at this time is to realize the rules have gone too far and it's time to back up and regroup. When discovering yourself in a mine field, the last thing to do is traipse on through, however, no one would fault anyone for stopping, admitting a danger is present and backing up to a safe position. True fans won't complain knowing the effort is to prevent further deaths. Nascar appears also to be very slow to react when all the while, I suspect they are scrambling.