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We have devoted a separate material occurring in Houston, where meetings with the bumpers and broken engines were in abundance, even by the standards of the most prestigious and large dregovogo championship in the world. However, at the next event NHRA J & A Service Pro Mod Series, held in Atlanta, from a lack of showmanship and audience did not have to suffer. From the very start of Cadillac Steven Wheatley left from the start is not the most stable course. At this time his opponent Shane Molinari also struggled to keep his car on the track. And in that moment, when Molinari still managed to catch dregster and have clicked on all the iron, to achieve at least kakih-to results in the qualifying race, he saw right in front of the rear part of the Caddy silver, suddenly appeared on his path, and a pair of brake parachutes. The only thing that remained was the pilot — also shoot parachutes and two feet to drown the brake pedal to the floor. Logically, any attempt to rapidly precipitate the car with such speeds in most cases lead to a complete loss of control. It is necessary to pay tribute to the rider behind the wheel of a red Pontiac Firebird, because he, in spite of everything, still managed to maintain control of the car and meet the striker is not head-on, and get used to it a part of the side of his car. As a result, the pilots were not injured, but the incident stage of the championship ended for them.
AMX Garrett Ghezzi audience always met very warmly. The car is painted in factory colors branded AMC, and leads her to move 290 cc (4.8 liter) V8, sagregatirovanny with automatic transmission. This is a standard factory scheme, which, however, rarely installed on road cars. However, participation in the competition Super Stock class does not imply any limitation homologation. This race happened on Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals in Ohio — State, famous for its very extensive Stock / Super Stock scene with a long history. Unlike Stock dregster, which according to the rules can not be shod with slick tires wider than nine inches, in this division riders are allowed to use wider tires, and they enjoy an advantage in engagement with the strips on all the money, and a case in point is a villa in the three hundred long feet by Ghezzi. It is noteworthy that Garrett deliberately uses wheelie bars to give fans of classic muscle cars then why they repeatedly visit such events. And the very fact that the driver was able to keep the car on the trajectory for almost a quarter of the scoring distance until the windshield could be seen the sky, hold the right pedal, can not but arouse admiration.
The incident involving Tim Wilkerson at the NHRA Kansas Nationals, many experts immediately identified the category of the most bizarre accidents in the history of the association. The rate was minimal, the pilot, in principle, not threatened, and the situation for the most part looked funny. However, most Wilkerson was certainly no laughing matter, because on the basis of the incident severely damaged a brand new carbon fiber body and chassis dregster which team first rolled out on the track two days earlier. Everything went wrong immediately after the start. First, the car abruptly thrown in the chipper, which it slowly spun in exactly one hundred and eighty degrees, and after a spectacular pirouette Shelby Mustang also without haste went to the opposite concrete barriers, while Jack Beckman has ottormazhivatsya after the finish. After the collision, a small fire broke out, which the guys responsible for the security, managed extremely efficiently. Initially, the main cause of the incident was considered a puddle of oil or other liquid that has fallen under the right wheel of the car, but no puddles were found. The second version was the gearbox failure or breakage of the half-line, but this assumption Troubleshooting after all components and assemblies has not been confirmed. Perhaps mechanics Wilkerson later still found a reason to provoke the incident, but no representation or by the pilot or by the other no longer received the team members, and the Tim two weeks later appeared in Epping, where he spoke, however, not the best way.
About the new Chevrolet Camaro 2016 John Force and its differences from the previous car veteran team we described in a separate note. Dregster in many respects innovative and contains a number of technical solutions, which are used for the first time in the modern history of the Funny Car class. The whole team John Force Racing had high hopes for the new unit, however, at the moment these hopes is hardly justified even at a stretch. On his debut for the machine event in Topeka, shestnadtsatikratny champion on the first day of qualification attached Camaro in the bump, and the remainder had stage at the wheel of last year's dregster. And on the last weekend in NHRA New England Nationals Robert Hite available also entered a fresh car, but he failed to shine, while the old man himself got to the semi-finals. Soon Courtney peresyadet Camaro in the current generation of the cockpit, and as the daughter of the most titled racing association is currently ranked first in the standings, this fact has attracted considerable interest among the thematic public.
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