The Flying Tire

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Ward Burton

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From Jaski.com

Winston Cup officials recovered the tire from Ryan Newman's car and planned to study why a tether failed to keep it from bouncing out of Talladega Superspeedway in Sunday's race. Newman's left front wheel cleared the catch fence off turn 2 where there weren't any grandstands. The tire hit a parked car. No one was injured, a track spokesperson said. Goodyear lists a left front tire as weighing 24.3 pounds. Newman's tire was heavier because part of the steel front spindle remained attached. NASCAR requires teams to tether the front spindles to the car to prevent a wheel from coming off. The rule book states that teams must use steel fiber cables or Vectran fiber cables to tether the wheel.
 
25 pounds? I thought that they weighed like 80 pounds. They where lucky that the tire went over the wall where it did. I remeber when cars went over the wall, the current fence system is great. I wonder how bad the parked car was damaged and will NASCAr have to pay for the repairs?
 
25 lbs for the tire, you can add another 20 something for the wheel and 15-20 for the spindle, more for brake rotor and caliper. So you've got a pertty large mass there moving at more than 100 mph. The teathers are looped over the spindle prior to installing it into the lower and upper a-frames. Depending on where it borke the teather may have just slid off.
 
I remember when I beleive it was Neil Bonnett went over the whole wall in 92-93 ish that was a bad wreck lucky no one was in the car or that there was not a grand stand there.
 
I can see it now. You found a great spot to park where you can get out after the race. Your a little sunburned and feeling no pain (from the beer) when you walk to your car and find a really big dent.
 
:lol: Now, try explaining that one to your insurance company. :blink:
 
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