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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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Default VetteVid pretty strange
Probably been seen before on the forum, but I just found it.

http://media.putfile.com/1230Humorou..._Racing_Accide
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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What caused that to happen?
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 08:28 PM
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"Ouch"..
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 08:36 PM
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Someone said it was because of wheel spacers, who knows....
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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Someone said it was because of wheel spacers, who knows....
Wheel space just got bigger..
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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Happens kinda quick...did someone do a wheel change and forget the nuts?
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 10:40 PM
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Brings new meaning to "driving the wheels off it".
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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If you watch closely in the video, you can see a wheel spacer rolling on the ground.
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Now that would really suck. Good thing it happened when it did. Could have happened at the finish line and made a really big mess.
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