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Old 03-31-2016, 11:58 PM
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Old 04-01-2016, 12:33 AM
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Holy moly!!!!! Props to the driver for keeping his head in the game. Glad no one was hurt.
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This was posted earlier.
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It was a Trans Am Camaro, not a Corvette. Brake line was zip tied out of the way. The zip tie broke and the line hit the tire/rotor, wore a hole in it, and the whole system failed.
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It was a Trans Am Camaro, not a Corvette. Brake line was zip tied out of the way. The zip tie broke and the line hit the tire/rotor, wore a hole in it, and the whole system failed.
He forgot the duct tape.
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Details here: http://www.lsxtv.com/news/video-keep...up-at-sebring/
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