I agree, although it can be shocking when it happens. A wheel came off
someone's car at the Dallas/Ft Worth Natl Tour practice course while the car
was headed towards the grid. Only the short/slow nature of the practice
course prevented the tire from slamming through the grid area at high speed.
Shocking? Well, I'm really glad the tire didn't hit my car or a person.
However given the nature of the sport, it was not really unexpected.
Everyone does their best to prevent that kind of thing, but people aren't
perfect so accidents will happen. I think it says a lot of our safety rules
that in 2 years of autocrossing, I've only seen 2 incidents of this type.
This loose wheel, and a hood that flew off. Short of redoing the tech
inspection prior to every run, I don't think it would be reasonably possible
to get closer to a perfect record of vehicle mechanical integrity. Even
with a thorough tech before every run, things could still break.
Sean Long
'98 TA, FS
> That sounds like exactly the type of incident you would expect to find at
> an autocross. Its unfortunate, but not unexpected as long as it doesn't
> occur too often.
>
> -Steve "the weenie law professor" Ekstrand
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