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Old 11-22-2011, 11:52 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by phelan View Post
I'd be more concerned with impact damage in a localized spot
How would a CF roof hold up to that sort of thing?

I had just such an incident at MSR, you can see it at 11:51 in this video (10s after this link starts): TDE MSR-Houston Nov 6 2011 - YouTube.

The black Porsche threw a chunk of tire rubber at me while we were finishing up a straight at ~90mph. It smacked into the leading edge of my roof hard enough to hear it over all the noise, and left a nice mark on my roof:

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