Bobby Bennett
Nitro Member
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag...own-cites-safety-advances-after-tire-incident
Great story by Susan Wade ...
Great story by Susan Wade ...
Track prep, and the idea that it has to be a fly strip to the stripe... Want to slow them down? Spray the track in the morning, and SLIGHTLY after an oil down. Let the tuners work.
Track prep, and the idea that it has to be a fly strip to the stripe... Want to slow them down? Spray the track in the morning, and SLIGHTLY after an oil down. Let the tuners work.
I never had a problem watching a 5 second quater mile run.... AND I paid admission for it....
I never had a problem watching a 5 second quater mile run.... AND I paid admission for it....
The tire was probably fine all the way through the finish line, seems that the problem occurs once they lift and the tire is biting a tight surface.This may not be a popular post, but what would have happened had he pushed that tire under power another 320 feet?
The tire was probably fine all the way through the finish line, seems that the problem occurs once they lift and the tire is biting a tight surface.
Sounds like the next step is for them to build some sort of stirrup to slide the left foot into once it's removed from the clutch peddle.
Registered member said:Agree 100%. I recall something about springs on the wings, so they would slowly flaten out. That way NOT creating the huge amount of down presure.
But NHRA said the wings must be fixed. (non moveable)
I started a thread a while back about reducing downforce in fuel cars to both increase safety and give the tuner the opportunity to compete easier with the throw-in-everything-we-got guys, but got nothing but grief for it. I personally believe this kind of extreme tire failure would not happen without huge amounts of downforce. Thank God Antron's ok after that one.
It has been mentioned by several crew chiefs that taking away downforce is the dumbest idea ever. DOWNFORCE DOES NOT CAUSE THE TIRES TO FAIL!!!