That wheel came off my car. Leland Burns was the driver, while briefly
considering co-driving that event. The tire actually hit one of the
local guys' truck and there was a private insurance claim on that damage.
Petere Fehn, the SS, filed a request for action and my car was closely
scrutinized before I was allowed to compete. I believe that the very
attentive safety staff at the FW Tour performed their jobs admirably in
assuring that the same problem would not recur.
Jon FP 73
On Mon, 29 May 2000 17:03:30 -0500 "Sean Long" <seanlong@micron.net>
writes:
> 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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