Who owns the track in Mexico where Carlos Pardo died?

May be...

While I find it almost impossible to answer any of your question I might can leave you with a thought. A few years back the FIA insisted on the same track making some improvements and they did. So how that relates to your answer is I think NASCAR could have easily requested the same improvements to be made to the track in Mexico. However ... the track would be under the laws of Mexico and not the United States so I'm sure Mexico would not have the same liability laws as the U.S. would. It also seems the car's frame is not the same as the American cars. It didn't hold up very well to the impact. The name of the track is "Autodromo Miguel E. Abed" and I could find no information on the ownership of the track.

You might try this email and asking who owns the track
info@fiawtccmexico.com.mx

http://www.fiawtcc.com/Calendar_02.asp

http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/MX/...

5. The Safer Barrier would not be installed in that location.

2.) Was it just a NASCAR race on a Mexican track and therefore didn't have to be up to code as the American NASCAR tracks??
3.) Do the cars have the same safety equipment that American NASCAR has?
4.) Is it mandatory for the drivers to wear a Hans device?
5.) Since it is a NASCAR race shouldn't there have been safer barriers??

The car just exploded into pieces and I have seen worse wrecks in American NASCAR. It just seemed the car wasn't built as safe.
RIP Carlos

good question maggie..............if u did notice,there were water barrels at the end of the wall,nascar tracks in the states have those also.i think kansas(?)not sure,but i do remeber when kenseth hit one,also mikey waltrip did also.

i would guess that the race being sanctioned by nascar that the drivers have to wear the hans device also(not sure)

not all of nascar's tracks have the safer barrier on the inside retaining wall............maybe they should though.

did u know that chad little is the director of racing devolopment there

The NASCAR Corona Series was formed in 2004 as a joint partnership with NASCAR and is one of two NASCAR-sanctioned international series, the other one being the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.

here are a few links on the subject

Good question, and I wish I had an answer. I read somewhere on the 'net that track officials had warned the drivers to maintain their line in that area of the track because they knew it was particularly dangerous at that location. But that didn't come from an official source. I know the track didn't have safer barriers and the cars are not COTs, but that wall should not have been there at that angle and exposed. It just shouldn't have been. NASCAR has seen what an impact at that angle looks like (Michael Waltrip at Bristol) and the least they could have done was added more safety measures there. Geez.

I went to YouTube and read the comments made in Spanish. A lot of the people in Mexico are VERY upset that the track was so poorly designed. It is clear by their comments that they are upset about how things are done in Mexico. Apparently safety doesn't rank very high for racing officials in Mexico. Edgar Matute is the guy they are blaming for the accident on that track. I don't know if he's the track owner or an official, but he declared that track safe, and obviously it is not. The people are very upset that Mexico doesn't get the same attention to safety that NASCAR in the USA does. If NASCAR is going to put its name on that racing series, then they need to get it together. NASCAR has blood on its hands because of this.usairways boarding pass