Risk Management is racing 4 wheeled vehicles and NOT 2 wheeled ones. I
quickly learned that road racing bikes is really scary.
Dick Ryan ex. 24022
(650)312-4022
Risk Management Dept. #857
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard B. Chianese [mailto:Richard.B.Chianese@swpc.siemens.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 11:02 AM
To: Ryan, Richard @SMTP@Exchange
Subject: Re: Loosing Wheels
Think about this folks; Dick works for "Risk Management." What have we
learned? Is this somehow significant?
Rick Chianese
SRL311-14035
Orlando, FL
Ryan, Richard @SMTP@Exchange wrote:
>
> Losing a wheel will give you "religion". After racing a 2L in D
production
> for 3 years, we raced a 1200 coupe on a dirt oval for a few years. One
> night
> the right front wheel developed a 360 degree crack at the bolt circle.
The
> last time I saw it, it was bounding towards the pits. Thank God it didn't
> hit some one or some thing. It happened on the last half lap and I
> continued to the finish line and it only cost me one position.
>
> Another night the left front top shock nut assembly broke. As you may
> know,
> on a McPherson strut, that is the only thing that holds the top end of the
> suspension in the car. As the suspension folded under, the wheel ended up
> under the driver's seat. The increase in the drag coefficient over came
> the
> 1200's horsepower depositing me in the middle of the track on the front
> straight. No one hit me and the red flag saved a lot of potential damage.
>
> Now that's racing.
>
> Dick Ryan ex. 24022
> (650)312-4022
> Risk Management Dept. #857
|