A different kind of tire falloff followed Truck Series driver Marco Andretti at Circuit of The Americas as MRN's Todd Gordon and NBC Sports' Steve Letarte explain what happened. #nascar
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16 comments
Cool video lads
it probably got damaged from contact earlier. He had a good wack from from another car.
PLUS cup teams only use parts once on a lot of items. Replaced with brand new parts for the next race. So when cup was running the 6th Gen on back race car with the truck arm suspension, how many races would cup teams use the truck arms and other axle parts b/4 they would replace them? Once? Two or more? I know truck teams can be on a budget and use truck arms and some other parts over and over.
And would having the brake bias cranked all the way to the rear create this situation for a rookie driver?
I was thinking about the brake bias as well. Did he have so much it finally just broke the truck arm? How much wheel hop from braking that hard was he really experiencing? Did the collision from earlier effect the integrity of the arms? Lots of questions.
Excellent point! The truck arms may have fatigued at the welds until they just tore off!!
Nicely done explaining what happened. Thanks for the info.
Simple fix : use a “fish plate” to support the weld joint !!
Did the weld go across the intire face of the “channel” ??
How is the rear axle attached on an Infinity Cup car?
Same way
@@Ever443 I guessed so after hearing reports about chattering from drivers there…
Careful design does limit how much up and down travel happens. Although I say this from experience in car modification/restoration. The rules ofc likely limit the extent of what can be done.
Shades of Bobby Allison’s rear bumper Daytona 1982
Explanation somehow educational and nsfw at the same time.
50% BS
I was at the track, sitting over by turn one, and the last time he drove past, I noticed that thete was smoke coming out of the back of his truck.
Perhaps, staying inside the track limits would have avoided the cheap part fail. Or stay away from grade 1 circuits as they are too complex for any Nascar equipment.