Another inbetween round failure

[dvw]

Testing at Beech Bend for the NDRL season final. After a 9.21 pass the right rear went flat. Wouldn't air up past 7psi. Pulled it off used the camper jack to break the bead. Found the tube destroyed. Nothing in the tire itself. Popped in a spare tube. And made the final test session. 2 weeks ago it was a lower radiator hose in warm ups. A couple a weeks before that the 4 2/2 minute water pump install. God has watched over me. None of theses failures happened on track.
Doug

 

[Gunner1]

Any of those could have been disastrous on the big end. Yeah I think you owe your guardian angel a night on the town.

 

[Dave6T4]

Testing at Beech Bend for the NDRL season final. After a 9.21 pass the right rear went flat. Wouldn't air up past 7psi. Pulled it off used the camper jack to break the bead. Found the tube destroyed. Nothing in the tire itself. Popped in a spare tube. And made the final test session. 2 weeks ago it was a lower radiator hose in warm ups. A couple a weeks before that the 4 2/2 minute water pump install. God has watched over me. None of theses failures happened on track.
Doug

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You are very fortunate, Doug. That's the kind of thing that put my buddy, Ross, into the wall at Norwalk at 150+ m.p.h.