New F/C Tether system

[Nunz]

Didn't Daniel have an explosion last weekend?

 

[mick]

Didn't Daniel have an explosion last weekend?

i thought he did too, but not sure. that's kinda' why i posted if anyone had heard anything.

 

[yoda]

anyone heard anything about wilk's new system?

When Daniel "gently" blew it up last weekend , did anyone else noticed when he got out of the hatch, he was a little hamstrung getting the body up to put out whatever fire was happening in the manifold area. Obviously, there's no Quick Release system implemented yet.

 

[sfw1960]

That's the problem, waiting for it. Too bad there's not a way to test it.

There is, just blow one up - now who wants to foot the bill for that?

 

[mick]

update on complus

WILKERSON’S NEW FUNNY CAR TETHER SYSTEM PASSES FIRST REAL TEST | Competition Plus

One of last season’s hottest debates in nitro racing centered on Funny Car body tethers; the hardware meant to keep body parts out of the grandstands when

competitionplus.com

 

[sfw1960]

That's the problem, waiting for it. Too bad there's not a way to test it.

@Harry Canoles
There yoouuu Goooooooo!

 

[yoda]

You want to slow them down? Put D-Ring rip cords back on the roll bar hoop for the chutes like the 60s...

 

[mick]

anyone know if wilk's tether system is in place on any other FC's?
two years ago at BIR when jr swapped bodies with ron capps, was able to get really close to jr's body and
see how large, and how many burst panels there were ...... dejoria's boomer the other day seemed to have mulitple burst panels
working properly? not a lot of nitro carnage at indy?

 

[cdag]

anyone know if wilk's tether system is in place on any other FC's?
two years ago at BIR when jr swapped bodies with ron capps, was able to get really close to jr's body and
see how large, and how many burst panels there were ...... dejoria's boomer the other day seemed to have mulitple burst panels
working properly? not a lot of nitro carnage at indy?

It is not