Steve_PPP |
29-02-2012 06:54 PM |
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Originally Posted by rossmarts
(Post 124264)
So I don't really follow NASCAR, but they run a truck full of jet fuel on the track at the same time as cars are running, albeit under yellow flag conditions? Seems like a bit of a crazy idea
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On tracks like Daytona, they normally have at least once crash per race that they refer to as the "big one". Shards of carbon fibre etc go everywhere, so they have a truck with a jet engine on the back to blow the debris and stuff off the banking and onto the in-field section.
A puncture from sharp debris at 190mph in a nascar is gonna be pretty hairy!
Very strange accident tho, just a combination of bad timing with a mechanical failure on JPM's car.
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