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Old 02-21-2012, 03:47 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks View Post
I've seen it happen on track mid-corner where the wheel fails due to fatigue, now that would be scary. Driver rolled multiple times and landed on the other side of the safety barrier.

In your case I think you got lucky the wheel failed so that it didn't rip the rest of the suspension off the car.
Yes, generally you want the wheel to be the fuse and save the rest of the car, it's what circle track guys do and I've seen a lot of cast wheels break that way at the rock crawling comps, usually due to rollovers etc.
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