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What caused V. Gaines to crash @ Carolina Nats?
I saw interview with G. Anderson right before VG crash. Greg said like banana peels on the track? Saw people holding pieces of the racetrack.
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Re: What caused V. Gaines to crash @ Carolina Nats?
Can't they just put more wing into it? I've seen faster cars go down slick tracks.
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Re: What caused V. Gaines to crash @ Carolina Nats?
According to NHRA officials, problems with the racing surface at zMax Dragway – coupled with a brief shower that drenched the track and sent spectators racing for cover – prompted them to call off competition for the day.
However, two drivers told the Observer that those problems, along with low track temperatures – in the high 80s, compared with 110-plus degrees earlier in the week – were responsible for driver Vieri “V” Gaines wrecking his Pro Stock car during an elimination-round race against Allen Johnson. While Gaines walked away from the wreck, it caused an hour-long delay as workers attempted to correct the problems. The 20-minute shower then made that work moot and moved NHRA officials to consider alternatives. Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...#storylink=cpy
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Re: What caused V. Gaines to crash @ Carolina Nats?
Pro Stockers don't have a wing; they have a wickerbill that produces very little downforce. A T/F dragster generates almost 10,000 lbs of downforce at speed and a F/C generates almost 7000 lbs; in contrast a Pro Stock car generates less than 500 lbs of downforce.
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Re: What caused V. Gaines to crash @ Carolina Nats?
Think everybody in racing knows that Pro Stocks have virtually no downforce and are the hardest cars to drive. Apparently Graham Light never learned that or had Morgan, WJ, etc. voice it to him...yea, right. Bruton got his gate and spectators and racers got something else altogether.
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