in my opinion, the fence did its job...it kept a 3400lb car from landing in about 20-50 peoples laps. The car did its job, it kept both Carl and Ryan Newman safe. in fact the car itself...(Carls) would have not gotten that high if Newman wouldn't have hit him. The flaps were deployed and keeping the car from the flipping point. So other then minor injuries, I feal that everything did its job this time. Now about the future...Fans weant to be close to the action, and want to sit close to it because you can feal the horsepower, the wind and even smell the gas being burned off. If they want to sit there, that is there choice. You need to take responsibitly for what you do. Nascar has made these tracks for the most part safe. The only other option is to maybe make a clear plexi glass add on to the fence? I think that would defeat the purpose of being close to the action. I guess all I can say is today, eveyone survives...maybe in the future someone doesn't, but that is your choice for chosing to sit close to where a 3400lb car can hit a steel fence. I think 15 years ago that crash would have been alot differant. (without the flaps, without the COT, without the hans device, and probley not as safe a car) So I belive NASCAR has made things alot safer then in the past.