clock Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Inquiring minds need details of everything that happened. Oh yeah, and norcal rocks. G Downey is the man. etc etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammed_93_hatch Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Here is friday's qual race (very short for me). made a mistake turned in to early pushed a little wide and BOMB... Should be up in 55minutes, here is the rear of the car. http://twitpic.com/2pdhqa http://twitpic.com/2pflai what happened?? cracked the aluminum oil pan and put ~6.5 quarts of oil onto the exhaust/header BOOM flash fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianZ Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 WOW .. fire in the cockpit to.... glad it you did not get burned! the only question i have..... did you pull the fire system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammed_93_hatch Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 WOW .. fire in the cockpit to.... glad it you did not get burned! the only question i have..... did you pull the fire system? I didn't know it was on fire... when i stopped i saw the back window cover in black so i GTFO. FYI aluminum tape WILL NOT stop a fire. I will no longer seal off the cabin with that stuff. It was an oil fire so it just flashed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clock Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 intense. I wouldn't have guessed that overrun to be high enough to do that. Nice outside pass btw. You've been studying tape I see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zook Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 On the Speedcast, John Lindsey likened the fire to a "saturn v rocket launch" and that the fireball was about a car and a half long!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianZ Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 On the Speedcast, John Lindsey likened the fire to a "saturn v rocket launch" and that the fireball was about a car and a half long!! can you still hear/see that someplace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Staff Jeremy C. Posted September 21, 2010 National Staff Share Posted September 21, 2010 On the Speedcast, John Lindsey likened the fire to a "saturn v rocket launch" and that the fireball was about a car and a half long!! can you still hear/see that someplace? Will be available at the end of this week on SpeedcastTV.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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