Fire!
Melting Slicks
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Drifting
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This was a freak incident, and you can see that the safety equipment / rules / procedures kept everyone safe.
The Aussie V8 Supercars is a great series. Imagine the fan base of NASCAR but running all road courses and street races with F1 style qualifying and heat races over the course of a weekend. I highly recommend checking them out in person.
Or watch it on Justin.tv if you can't make it to Australia.
Matt
The Aussie V8 Supercars is a great series. Imagine the fan base of NASCAR but running all road courses and street races with F1 style qualifying and heat races over the course of a weekend. I highly recommend checking them out in person.
Or watch it on Justin.tv if you can't make it to Australia.
Matt
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there.
Guy with the extinguisher coulda run a little faster, MHO
there.Guy with the extinguisher coulda run a little faster, MHO
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Melting Slicks
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To me that is an unacceptable fuel cell failure. I would love to be a fly on the wall when that tank is evaluated. The question is was it a tank failure encouraged by other aspects of car design or just a tank failure. Cells have ballistic bladders and foam in them plus the metal exterior sitting in a protected area of the car to reduce this problem. I would not be surprised if there was an unknown sharp protrusion that speared the cell and split it open.
Best series out there IMHO.
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To me that is an unacceptable fuel cell failure. I would love to be a fly on the wall when that tank is evaluated. The question is was it a tank failure encouraged by other aspects of car design or just a tank failure. Cells have ballistic bladders and foam in them plus the metal exterior sitting in a protected area of the car to reduce this problem. I would not be surprised if there was an unknown sharp protrusion that speared the cell and split it open.
Melting Slicks
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Drifting
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To me that is an unacceptable fuel cell failure. I would love to be a fly on the wall when that tank is evaluated. The question is was it a tank failure encouraged by other aspects of car design or just a tank failure. Cells have ballistic bladders and foam in them plus the metal exterior sitting in a protected area of the car to reduce this problem. I would not be surprised if there was an unknown sharp protrusion that speared the cell and split it open.
Gary
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Having been in a cockpit fire - notice the driver trying to get his hot azz gloves off...
Better they burn then you though! The heat deposited on the outside the suit will eventually migrate through. You will be amazed how fast you can come out of your suit.
Better they burn then you though! The heat deposited on the outside the suit will eventually migrate through. You will be amazed how fast you can come out of your suit.