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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 12:53 AM
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This is for anyone who thinks our cars are good at not flipping...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RcqaM2SC4s

Yes of course I know that you can flip about anything with the right amount of force applied in the right direction, but I was actually a bit surpirsed at how easily this thing rolled. I've seen IROC's and TransAm's in wide open parking lots 3x more out of control than this. Of course they were pavement huggers and this is a drag car but still it really caught my attention.
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 02:04 AM
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Re: This is for anyone who thinks our cars are good at not flipping...

This guy is doing aprox 100mph sideways on a full drag suspension with very lightweight front coils (which cause massive oversteer when turned- hence why drag cars should not turn) high siding the car (this alone would not happen on a normal street car) PLUS you combine that with massive drag slicks that bit laterally and sidewalls compressed (due to massive underinfation qualities of a normal straightline tire, also not made to turn) ant eh car goes over....again, never would happen to a normal street car.
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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Re: This is for anyone who thinks our cars are good at not flipping...

Haha, ouchs. My brother's friend did that to his stock IROC. But then, over 100 and jerking the wheel all the way left to dodge a car that ran in front of him...
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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Re: This is for anyone who thinks our cars are good at not flipping...

Stupid ambulance driver......

He had drive AWAY from the "scene", on the Return road, to get on the track to reach the car. It shoulda already been staged at the very beginning of the track, or at the end. That way he has a straight shot down the track.

Sure......He was in the middle, so it (at first) appears he'd only hafta go halfway down the track to reach a wreck. But obviously his "plan" was wrong. What if a car blew on launch? He'd have that much further to go!
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