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Originally Posted by monza
Crazy thing to do for sure.
What's the deal with Minilites, is there some thing I'm missing? Sure a light wheel period correct and all that, yes it looks good but it also very similar to other wheel styles- like a Torq Thrust for example. School me on it.
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Back in the day,the T/A cars were generating such lateral movement,they were blowing the centers right out of the wheels,especially the magnesium AR 200S wheels,which were so popular with the teams during the 1969-70 seasons.If you go back to those races and look at the final standings,you'll see many DNF results due to wheel-related issues.
It was Roger Penske who spent the money to do the research which led to England's Minilight wheel as being the strongest/lightest option available.
It's all in Dave Friedman's book on early T/A racing...