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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    10/19/09

    In reply to VIDEO: What Happens When A Sprint Car Cracks Its Axle
    "410cc car"? Christ, can't anyone in TV land get things right?

    It's 410 CUBIC INCHES. 800+ hp, fuel injected, runs on methanol.

    The weight "unexpectedly shifts right"? You mean, like the weight transferred to the right rear tire? Like, the way its supposed to? Non wing sprinters drive off the right rear tire.

    All they needed is a skip loader to scoop it up, seen it done before. I saw Rich Vogler flip just like this at Ascot Park many years ago, they used a loader to grab his car off the fence.

    Hate the fake soundtrack, too.

    /lifelong pedantic sprint car racing snob
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    Edited by Uncle Bo at 10/19/09 3:59 PM Uncle Bo was starred Uncle Bo was unstarred
    Image of PowerTryp, Starless wonder. PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
    10/19/09

    @Uncle Bo: I wasn't able to view the video at work so I couldn't say anything till now.

    The front axle only went cause the rear tire folded first, if you watch the footage closely the rear of the car starts to dip long before the front rolls over.

    Any one involved with or enjoys watching sprintcar racing could see what happened there.

    Sprint cars provide the nastyest wrecks cause they are so powerful on a relatively low grip surface. No surprise here that something went wrong during a race, those guys could easily create a series of worst crashes videos out of WoO or SCRA footage only. #carcrashes
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    10/19/09

    @PowerTryp forever Minardi:

    I watched the vid several times and cannot see the axle breaking. It looks to me like he simply hooked the cushion, maybe hit a rut with the right rear, although Perris doesn't rut up much.

    Regardless, these cars flip a lot although you don't see them caught in the fence cabling very often.

    Regardless, non wing sprint car racing is exciting enough without the melodramatized Hollywood production values. #carcrashes
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    10/19/09

    @Uncle Bo:

    Now that I think about it, I'll bet the Jacobs ladder broke.

    And, yes, I said "regardless" twice in my previous post. That is because I am a no-edit moron. #carcrashes
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/19/09

    In reply to VIDEO: What Happens When A Sprint Car Cracks Its Axle
    Like a cat in a tree, he knows to get up there, but not how to come down. #carcrashes
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    Image of ccc40821 ccc40821
    10/19/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Ever seen the skeleton of a cat up in a tree? #carcrashes
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/19/09

    @ccc40821: Never looked. #carcrashes
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    10/19/09

    In reply to VIDEO: What Happens When A Sprint Car Cracks Its Axle
    Knock it down, roll it over and you are good to go. #carcrashes
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    Image of Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe)
    10/19/09

    In reply to VIDEO: What Happens When A Sprint Car Cracks Its Axle
    Freakin' amazing... and for the driver, freakin' lucky! Having grown up in Central Pennsylvania, a lot of my old friends ask me why I didn't choose to race sprint cars (as opposed to what I did choose - a UMP open wheel modified.) Among other reasons I invariably list "not having a death wish" as one of them. #carcrashes
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    Alfisted promoted this comment Edited by Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) at 10/19/09 2:40 PM Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) was starred Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) was unstarred
    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    10/13/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    Mobile Meth-Lab! There was a meth-lab in a white work van that exploded about three blocks from where a friend of mine lived in high-school (thats how I came to hear about it).

    Seriously though, with those hoses coming out of it, I'm guessing it had a running air compressor or something in it that had some mechanical and/or electrical issue that started the blaze, the fact that no one seems to have noticed yet is the most puzzling aspect to me...
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/08/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    Spontaneous human combustion?

    Wow, I get here late today and it's just one damn enigmatic photo after another!
     Reply
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    10/08/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    I vote crack pipe.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    10/08/09

    @Tanshanomi: G'night, folks!
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    10/08/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    I know what happened.

    Garfield Peart, owner of M&M Garage Door Services, was inside the garage of a home near Pearson International Airport about four months ago when he heard the voice of a child coming from the other side of the door he was installing.

    "Suddenly, a kid runs up," Peart said, "and he said, ‘Sir, your van is on fire!’ There was a window above the garage door; I went up top, and I look out, and yes, there it is, on fire — actually the van of the owner of the house — beside my truck. So I had to rush outside while the fire was gushing from the side of the van to move my truck. And as soon as I moved my truck, the van blew up."

    Nobody was hurt in the explosion, so Peart laughed loudly when he was told why he was being asked about this peculiar chain of events so long after it unfolded: a Google Street View camera car, we now know, drove by the Robinglade Drive house minutes before the explosion, photographing the flames before Peart was made aware of them — and then, apparently, proceeding on its merry way.
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    Alfisted promoted this comment Triborough was starred Triborough was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/08/09

    @Triborough: I hope Garfield's brother Neil tried to drum up popular support to buy this guy a new van.
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    Image of tempesjo tempesjo
    10/08/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    Floor mat zip tie failure.
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    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    10/08/09

    @tempesjo: Well played.
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    Tanshanomi promoted this comment FormerlyPreferredCustomer was starred FormerlyPreferredCustomer was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    10/08/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    I also say that "Canadian Van Fire" would be great as either a band name or album title.
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon:  I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/08/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire

    I had this really great gimpshop idea, but I couldn't find a horned owl with it's talons out that could be fixed to hold bail bonds matches. I give up.
     Reply
    Pessimippopotamus promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/08/09

    @Shamoononon: I appreciate the effort anyway. Made me chuckle.
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    Edited by weatherman at 10/08/09 9:07 AM weatherman was starred weatherman was unstarred
    Image of ss750ie ss750ie
    10/07/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire

    Could have used this
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom promoted this comment ss750ie was starred ss750ie was unstarred
    Image of Ryanrule Ryanrule
    10/07/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    hotboxing.
     Reply
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    Image of ss750ie ss750ie
    10/07/09

    @Ryanrule: That could almost be a bumper sticker:
    If this van's hotboxin',
    Don't bother knockin'!

    How about:
    If this van's a burnin',
    The owner's not returnin'!
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom promoted this comment ss750ie was starred ss750ie was unstarred
    Image of tempesjo tempesjo
    10/07/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    Bonfire of the Van-ities?
     Reply
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/07/09

    In reply to Google Street View Catches Confusing Canadian Van Fire
    Some brilliant & witty coments below, but I think you guys have it all wrong... this is a shot of the new Ferrari "Vanzo" in its natural environment.
     Reply
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