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Old 03-27-2011, 08:57 PM   #11
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Whitham said its most likely fatigue due to overuse as small teams like supersonic can't afford to change out their wheels on a regular basis
Thats not surprising. I wonder how long those oz and cf wheels last with multiple tire changes and all the abuse they go through.
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Old 03-28-2011, 11:41 AM   #12
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Thats not surprising. I wonder how long those oz and cf wheels last with multiple tire changes and all the abuse they go through.
Apparently ONE LESS race than this one saw
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Old 03-28-2011, 12:39 PM   #13
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Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.
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Old 03-28-2011, 01:41 PM   #14
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Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.
That was my first thought as well along with, "Someone in the pit crew is getting their ass beat after that one"

But then I realized that there's probably nothing they could have done short of replacing the full assembly ahead of time (hindsight = 20/20 etc etc)
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Old 03-28-2011, 01:46 PM   #15
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Whoever inspected the wheel is in shit now.
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Old 03-28-2011, 01:47 PM   #16
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Whoever inspected the wheel is in shit now.
"Yep, it's still a wheel"


Later:
"Oh fuuuuuuuuuu...."
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Old 03-28-2011, 02:29 PM   #17
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Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.
I figured it was some sort of failure, when I first saw it it was just the wheel, and no spokes or hub in the middle rolling down the track.
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Old 03-28-2011, 06:47 PM   #18
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The real question is weather or not he can still wheelie? Or is he gonna be a professional model/stuntergirl?
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Old 03-29-2011, 01:29 PM   #19
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Talk about wheel failure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtsIB...layer_embedded
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Holy shit!! Glad the driver was ok!
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