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'69 Mustang Hits the wall at Drag Week

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jayb:
Link to the video is below.  I talked to this guy on Monday; he was the one who drove down from Canada and had to change a cam along the way.  His car had run its best ever time on Monday and he was happy as could be.  Too bad about the crash, but it sounds like he is continuing in the competition.

http://blogs.hotrod.com/video-drag-week-2013-competitor-contacts-the-wall-and-presses-on-80191.html#axzz2ebt725n5

mmason:
What do you think caused him to steer into the wall like that?

jayb:
I don't know, I watched the video and it didn't really say.  Almost looked like he broke a suspension component or something.  He's really lucky he didn't hit the other car coming down the track...

65er:
In the writeup they mentioned replacing a tie rod.  Maybe it got broke in the crash or maybe that was what put him in the wall?  Either way, glad to see nobody got hurt!   Pretty amazing he was able to get the car back on the road in time to make the next race too.  Damn good job!

machoneman:
I think.....after watching the vid a few times, stop-action shows he was drifting towards the left, got the left rear out of the groove and likely yanked it too hard/too fast back to the right, overcorrecting and then hitting the right side wall. Watch the rear tires at about say the 800' foot mark start to drift over to the matt-colored asphalt (out of the groove) and by say the 1200' mark both left tires are clearly out of the shiny 'groove' part of the track one can see at the 1320' and beyond. Lucky is he and his car! 

Btw, the tires appear to be street radials and not drag slicks or look-alike M/T type slicks. Have seen too many high powered streeters spin or 180 deg. loop their cars in a similar fashion (usually near the start line though!) due to getting out of the groove (lined up badly), having water drip onto the track due to a poorly executed water burnout, etc. Never did like seeing a fast drag car on street radials, at the track at least, since the often time the smooth surfaces, unlike true street pavement, can cause havoc.     

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