As one of the racers said:
When you have to put on a helmet and a fire suit to go do the thing you love you know there may be consequences.
Anybody who races knows when you strap things can happen. The second you worry about those things is the second you need to stop racing.
These people who say stupid shit about racing are the same ones who think Golf is a sport and a spelling be belongs on ESPN, they can all get fucked.