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Detroit, 5:34 PM
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10/19/09
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
10/19/09
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
10/19/09
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
10/19/09
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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You're doing it wrong.
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@TV's Paul Y.: A comment like that warrants this image, because thats exactly what I said when I read it.
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I do agree that he deserves a +1 though.
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No, no, this is how you do it.
09/03/09
Wow and haha all at the same time.