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Old 03-15-2015, 12:34 PM
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then there was larry dixon again in memphis
That's twice... what the hell is going on with his cars?
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Jer, wasn't there rule changes with the front spoiler? Seems the two spoilers fighting each other (rear pulling the chassis up and the front pushing down) maybe finding a design flaw in the rail just ahead of the drivers pod. Love to be in that garage during the inspection.

Glad Dixon made it out of this one ok.
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Crazy stuff. They're designed to flex like that to work properly, but I would assume that there was a bad piece of seel or a craked weld or something.

I got a buddy that works on Antrons car/team and he's building a Jr. Dragster for his daughter and it's amazing how much that thing flexes!!
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Jer, wasn't there rule changes with the front spoiler? Seems the two spoilers fighting each other (rear pulling the chassis up and the front pushing down) maybe finding a design flaw in the rail just ahead of the drivers pod. Love to be in that garage during the inspection.

Glad Dixon made it out of this one ok.
Not sure about the rule change. I'm sure you already know that it's purposely built to bend in the middle or else it would wheelstand at half track. It's the only way it's possible to keep the front tires on the track. That's why you see them bow up in the middle. They are on the edge of breaking..INSANE!

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Crazy stuff. They're designed to flex like that to work properly, but I would assume that there was a bad piece of seel or a craked weld or something.

I got a buddy that works on Antrons car/team and he's building a Jr. Dragster for his daughter and it's amazing how much that thing flexes!!
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Here's some still shots of the wreck

http://markjrebilas.com/blog/?p=21971
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What I was getting at was the frame work was designed to take a certain amount of pressure and if a rule change caused an increase in pressure without a frame rail redesign. ie: putting a 9000 lbs vehicle on a rack rated at 4500 lbs

Also this is Dixons 2nd frame failure. Wonder if the frames are made at one place with the same weldor.
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