That may sound cruel, but my comment on the subject is "if you can't stand the heat, get away from the kitchen".
Car racing is an EXTREMELY dangerous sport, and the car racers are fully aware that the possibility of getting killed for them is very high. Those people race at speeds over 150 mph. At those speeds, any collision might be deadly. You may talk about higher safety standards, but that's a minor. The sport itself is dangerous. That's no curling, you know.