Murrieta Mad Man
Nitro Member
What happened to the Tasca team while testing in Arizona? I heard a couple of crew members got hurt?
ThanksAfter burnout they were lowering the body and body hit throttle basically a tony pedregon and Dickie incident
Seems like there’d be a tech bulletin issued about this a long time ago; like some sort of a rub-guard or something, attached to the injector hat that covers and protects the linkage and rigging. But that’s easy to say, sitting here on the couch.
I don't think so, for a number of reasons:I have been thinking about this, would a "no touching" rule be possible? Once the car is started and the body is lowered (no body obviously in Top Fuel), car does the burnout, backs up and stages without anyone touching the car. No pushing it into the water box, no pushing it backwards after the burnout, no shaking, pushing or pulling the car if it can't get reverse, no wiping the tires, no raising the body and playing in the box and then putting the body back down. The only exception I would allow is the throttle stop.
I have been thinking about this, would a "no touching" rule be possible? Once the car is started and the body is lowered (no body obviously in Top Fuel), car does the burnout, backs up and stages without anyone touching the car. No pushing it into the water box, no pushing it backwards after the burnout, no shaking, pushing or pulling the car if it can't get reverse, no wiping the tires, no raising the body and playing in the box and then putting the body back down. The only exception I would allow is the throttle stop.
So the owner/driver didn't tell his car chief after Tony's incident "Make sure this can't happen to us"?Chris,
If this happens once every 15 years I don't think a rule is necessary. (Tony's was 2005) I think that every owner/driver in the pits has already told his car chief "Make sure this can't happen to us." And every crew guy who lifts the body will be paying extra attention.
This has already fixed itself.
Just my opinion.
Alan
No disrespect Alan, but if this has fixed itself how did this just happen, again
So the owner/driver didn't tell his car chief after Tony's incident "Make sure this can't happen to us"?
Or are you saying it takes 15 years to not think about it and then get reminded again and then be safe for another 15 years and so on?