02-21-2012, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks
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.
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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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