My Indy top end crash photos

[Bill Harris]

Sorry to see your nice car get hammered. Did you figure out what went wrong? Anything you can share that other racers can check their cars? I remember a while ago when someone lost their brakes and wrecked due to the pedal push rod coming out of the master cylinder on launch. When I checked my car, it was possible for the same thing to happen.

[Jeff Colvert]

Originally Posted by Bill Harris

Sorry to see your nice car get hammered. Did you figure out what went wrong? Anything you can share that other racers can check their cars? I remember a while ago when someone lost their brakes and wrecked due to the pedal push rod coming out of the master cylinder on launch. When I checked my car, it was possible for the same thing to happen.

Yeah Bill when I first built the car had the same problem and built a rod that wouldn't come out of the master cylinder but was a two piece design that had a set screw holding the rod in the piece on the pedal was up in the piece about a inch and after nearly 30 years set screw came out no telling how long it had been that way. Roll pin would have solved the problem or some loctite, just my bad as they say.

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by Jeff Colvert

Yeah Bill when I first built the car had the same problem and built a rod that wouldn't come out of the master cylinder but was a two piece design that had a set screw holding the rod in the piece on the pedal was up in the piece about a inch and after nearly 30 years set screw came out no telling how long it had been that way. Roll pin would have solved the problem or some loctite, just my bad as they say.

Perhaps Bill is referring to Ken Etter's Fontana wreck...based on how badly he got banged up I'd say yours could have been far worse. Nevertheless I hated to see your car get so damaged, first saw it at one of Valdosta's National Opens and I was very impressed, in some ways more so than the Barton/Wescott battles waged there.

[robzneed4speed]

I did email this to you Jeff but it never got viewed, so I'll just put it here. I'm sure not what you were looking for, but here you go.

http://youtu.be

[Jeff Colvert]

Thanks Rob, Guess I missed that one but thanks again that's a good angle. Guess no one had closeup top end photos. NHRA would not let anyone down there.

[dartman]

Originally Posted by Jeff Colvert

Thanks Rob, Guess I missed that one but thanks again that's a good angle. Guess no one had closeup top end photos. NHRA would not let anyone down there.

I was down there and there alot of people taking pic's on cell's after the incident.