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My friends tire came off on a warm up lap at Thunderhill on the 2nd turn during the first session. Tires were newly mounted so we guessed it might be too much tire lube.
Also, these taller wheels don't have much side wall so it seems the wheel are more susceptible to bending.
I was following a GT3 during the recent Rennlist day at BRP and thru the esses his tire came off the rim. Here is a video of it.
It looks he went over the curbing and into the dirt right before the incident and the video shows a piece of the tire came flying before the tire gave up, unless that was a sharp object he drove on or possibly a piece of sharp debris got thrown from dirt area into his tire sidewall and made a cut in his tire. Thanks for sharing the video. Mark
My friends tire came off on a warm up lap at Thunderhill on the 2nd turn during the first session. Tires were newly mounted so we guessed it might be too much tire lube.
Also, these taller wheels don't have much side wall so it seems the wheel are more susceptible to bending.
I was following a GT3 during the recent Rennlist day at BRP and thru the esses his tire came off the rim. Here is a video of it.
It looks he went over the curbing and into the dirt right before the incident and the video shows a piece of the tire came flying before the tire gave up, unless that was a sharp object he drove on or possibly a piece of sharp debris got thrown from dirt area into his tire sidewall and made a cut in his tire. Thanks for sharing the video. Mark
It is actually his left rear tire that blew out and he didn't hit the berm with it. Perhaps jumping up the berm he created a heavy load on the sidewall of the left tire.
It is actually his left rear tire that blew out and he didn't hit the berm with it. Perhaps jumping up the berm he created a heavy load on the sidewall of the left tire.
Or maybe his nuts were loose and the bump made the tire deflate... either way really bad driving, he was all over the place.
It is actually his left rear tire that blew out and he didn't hit the berm with it. Perhaps jumping up the berm he created a heavy load on the sidewall of the left tire.
Looking at the video again, it looks the piece that flew off, Perhaps was his brake cooling duct. it could have came in contact with the curbing as (right) rear passenger wheel went into a little dip in the dirt. Does not explain the left tire failure though! Mark
05-24-2017, 01:31 AM
