03-01-2003, 08:54 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: San Antonio,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner: JCF 289 slabside, ERA #329 and 424, GTD "Essex Wire" GT40; currently enjoying Hi-Tech 427 #147
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Steve, now that you mention it I recall standing there during the driver's meeting, feeling the concrete wriggling like a piece of spaghetti, then feeling it stop and thinking it felt strange. I'm no concrete expert and frankly I didn't know which was weirder--the flexing or lack thereof--but with the weight of 70+ cars and a couple hundred people, all concentrated in the center of one of the slabs, I can see how that could exceed design limits...conservatively calculated, that's over 100 tons of weight. Okay, maybe I can live with the Origin garage as a pleasant memory!
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