RowdyRebel Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 ....Red flagged after Juan Pablo Montoya crashed his car into the back of a jet dryer in turn 3, spilling 200+ gallons of jet fuel onto the track which quickly caught fire in the crash.So much for the "new" racing surface. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Lap 160RED FLAG: The jet dryer and track are still in flames. Dave Blaney is the leader, with Landon Cassill in second place, Tony Raines third and David Gilliland fourth. Lap 160Juan Montoya's car has hit one of the jet dryers, and the truck is engulfed in flames in Turn 3. Lap 159The leaders are on pit road. Several take two tires only. Lap 157YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: David Stremme blows an engine and then spins in front of a small pack of traffic. Fortunately, he is the only car involved. Lap 154Incredibly, the first 15 cars are separated by less than a second. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Rick Santorum is the only presidential candidate sponsoring a car in tonight's race......#26 Tony Raines.....currently sitting in 3rd place in his Ford. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigDug Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Quite a clean up effort going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frmconcrete09 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 There gonna race . have to after all this work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 gonna be a sleepless night.....alarm goes off in 3 hours. Still got an hour's worth of racing to go....and that's after they get started racing again.....at least the drivers are being sent back to their cars now. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Didnt they just spend $20 million on repaving the track last year ? & now it gets set on fire by igniting Jet fuel ? Thank God nobody was hurt . Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Pretty spectacular crash; nice work by the safety crews. That had to be a shock for the jet dryer driver. At least Juan Pablo had all the safety gear on board,the truck driver probably only had a seat belt. Good job by my man, Matt Kenseth!!bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 1 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Just caught a glimpse on the evening news. How the HELL do you crash into the jet dryer??? Why was he going that fast he lost control and rearended the jet dryer??Is this another one like when people run into he back of a cop car on the side of the road?? Was he drawn to the flashing lights???Inquiring minds................... Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Track officials said he was apparently texting a woman in the stands with no top on... 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 ...'cept that wasn't a woman Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 ooooooooooooooh Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 M&M's......Mullets & Moobs. 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Ya know, I've watched NASCAR since I was a kid catching the shorts on Wide World of Sports, even followed their brief trip in to NASCAR Drag Racing..........I just can't get used to Toyota being in an American sport. I know it's a decal and a Chevy based engine, but is still a Toyota. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Finally got around to watching replays of the crash. I'm no fireman, but shouldn't they have foam at the track? Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Finally got around to watching replays of the crash. I'm no fireman, but shouldn't they have foam at the track?Once the real firetrucks arrived, they had foam available.Them ext. from 30 feet had zero effect. Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Once the real firetrucks arrived, they had foam available.Them ext. from 30 feet had zero effect.Oh well. At least I wasn't the first one to think of it. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I was listening to the NASCAR channel on satellite radio last week and someone asked the same question. they said the foam works great but is very slippery and nearly impossible to clean up so it wasn't the best choice for use on a racetrack. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I was listening to the NASCAR channel on satellite radio last week and someone asked the same question. they said the foam works great but is very slippery and nearly impossible to clean up so it wasn't the best choice for use on a racetrack.It is a mess to clean up on an aircraft carrier deck I can tell you from first hand.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It is a mess to clean up on an aircraft carrier deck I can tell you from first hand.RobWhat is foam actually made from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 What is foam actually made from?I do not know as have never inquired.I would however think some type of carbon dioxide based substance to cause the rapid expansion when exposed to water.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 What is foam actually made from? Back in my Air National Guard firefighting days (early '70s,) protein foam was made from fish guts or other similar protein bases. By the mid - 70s protein foam was replaced by a synthetic foam called AFFF, aqueous film forming foam. One of the problems at Daytona was the fact that the truck was on a high bank causing a running fuel fire as the burning fuel rolled down the embankment. AFFF is designed to cover burning fuel to break the chain reaction and exclude oxygen from the fire. When the fuel is running the job is much more difficult. AFFF is mixed a a rate of 3% (or sometimes 6%) to 100 gallons of water. First arriving firefighters had Ford F-350 pickups equipped with dry chemical systems. They did a great job controlling the fire until the larger fire engines could arrive with more extinguishing agents. bulldogboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Thanks for the details. I thought the foam could have been used to not only control the fire but possibly slow the flow of fuel down the embankment. I now know better. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 The banking is really steep too, tv just doesn't do it justice as to how steep it really is. I had a picture of me standing at the top of turn 3 at Charlotte that shows it pretty good but I couldn't find it, and Daytona is steeper than Charlotte.All the fans could have shaken their beer up and ran down as close as they could get and popped their tops and put the fire out but they didn't want to lose their beer. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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