Come in and either fix the B post so that there isn't a safety issue or park him........
No credibility...................
Come in and either fix the B post so that there isn't a safety issue or park him........
No credibility...................
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That looked to be very unsafe...
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- Edwin Way Teale
True.
Could have killed him had his car started flipping. I know a black flag takes out a fan favorite, but come on........
How can you watch a race that has 5 laps to go, then 7 to go, then 3, then 5? Do they just suspend counting under yellow or what? Most weird thing I've ever seen.
Go to 4:30
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Was it the actual pillar or could it have been some light bodywork that covers the pillar? If it was the pillar, the structural integrity of the car would be compromised and as another posted noted the roof could collapse in the event of a blow over.
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What about the safety factor of car driving down pit lane in wrong direction? How does that happen without a black flag flyingOriginally Posted by Liz
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I agree that it was just bodywork, not a structural member. I think Daryl Waltrip was making much ado about nothing. He said the safety net was affected. Bull, the safety net is anchored to the frame member, above the driver's head.
I was thinking about that when DW was babbling incoherently about it. Mounting the window net to any part of the body of the car is something a first year hobby stock driver would do
Funny thing about body panels on race cars...they tend to fall off at the worst possible moment. And if the window net is mounted to the body, its falling off too
You didn't see it...it was a GWC finish...
This
Several people noted on twitter the same thing. Its mounted to the frame/cage not the body.
I'd rather have 10% of the world interested in the ICS than 50% of US that NASCAR currently has
I just confirmed with a former poster here and friend who is an expert on all things NASCAR that it was nothing more than cosmetic damage. The actual pillar was not cracked, just the sheet metal which is nothing to worry about.
Credibility is not a strong point of this group currently.
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Ok, I'm glad that was the situation than allowing an unsafe car to continue.
Oh my! When did that start? He's always had me on the edge of my seat waiting for the next words of wit to fill my cranial storage container......perhaps I didn't notice him slipping his clutch.
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The day he was hired to talk instead of drive.
He was amusing when he was too busy to talk on Sundays all that was expected from him was the occasional 30 second sound bite
Now, wasn't that the same part that was supposedly illegal on JJ's Daytona car? And if so, did it fail because it was meant to bend/break to give an aerodynamic advantage?
I'm from a place called the internet. Nothing disturbs me.
No - JJ's was the "C" Post, the section between the side and rear windows.
When has it EVER been under Brian France?
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Neither did I. I was at a Hoosier bullring watching racers who race as if every lap is the last.
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Nothing like being there.
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Sorry I'm joining in late, Mr. Ring, but I just tuned in. It's been a while since I've been near one of those cars but I'd be very surprised if the sheet metal B post covering has anything of any importance attached to it - like a window net. If that stuff's not attached to the cage, then they need new tech folks. And I know where they can find 'em.
Of course, I'm getting older just like you and DW - in fact, I think I'm substantially older than either of you, but I've got a memory like . . . uh, whatever you call one of those things - a steel trap or clap or map or something.
And with your vast engineering knowledge, all it took was one glance to know this. Credibility is as credibility does methinks.
Ridonkulous, isn't it?
I guess I'm going to quit posting.......when you people don't get my humor its time to go away again........it was a parody on "Jaws"............he knows better............. : rollseyes "....
I'm done...........
Getting kinda touchy in your old age, aren't ya? Believe me, it only gets worse as we get older. Since when did "Jaws" ever pass up an opportunity to have an opinion? Any opinion. We need to make him a moderator - that would loosen things up.
No one else would get a chance to post anything
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