02-14-2008, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Crowley,
LA
Cobra Make, Engine: Findling 001 - starting scratch build
Posts: 206
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flywheel/clutch explosion.....
I witnessed a fatal flywheel explosion in 1969 at the Moroso Dragway (it
was known as Palm Beach International Raceway at the time) and it was a
VERY grim scene. The car was a '62 Galaxy with a 406 FE and a top loader.
The flywheel exploded about 60 ft. off the line and the car drifted off the left
side of the pavement and rolled to a stop. But there wasn't much that could
be done, the driver had died instantly from massive shrapnel injuries. Hydroformed housings were just coming on the market around that time and
I resigned myself to never bring a car to the strip without one.
....Fred
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