Nice car! Turned into a wing when it hit a bump:
And, like our guy here, he miraculously survived the inadvertent flight.
See: Fred Marriott (wikipedia)
Posted on 07/08/2021 10:57:07 AM PDT by Signalman
Street Outlaws drag racer Shannon Poole was involved in a worrying wreck behind the wheel of his "Red Bull" Chevrolet Corvette this Sunday. The reality TV personality was along for the ride when his car took flight mid-run, crashing down in a nasty fireball.
Poole's nitrous-boosted 1964 'Vette lifted its nose shortly after launching off the line, which flipped it into the air. The Corvette turned sideways while off the ground before slamming down on its nose, resulting in a fiery impact. A video posted to Facebook shows the incident from a spectator point of view:
(See video immediately below this paragraph)
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That happened last year.
This was on a drag strip.
I have watched a few car building shows. They are frequently doing things, usually via bolt ons, to make these vehicles perform in a manner they were never designed to perform.
Most of the guys do the entire powerline front to back, so they do not blow thinks apart but the overall frame and body designs remain unaltered. When you put some ridiculously powered engine in a vehicle that was never meant to go faster than 70mph and sometimes less, you get all kinds of interesting failures. This is just one of them.
OK, my bad. But why does the gang call themselves "Street Outlaws"? It's just another case of all hat and no cattle. I suppose if they are rooting around for a "TV reality show" (cough cough) then "Street Outlaws" is more marketable.
Ruined a classic car even before crashing it….
Early Corvettes were prone to this. Pete Brock mentioned this to his bosses at GM when he worked there, and they ignored his concerns. He went on to design the Daytona Coupe, which is much better aerodynamically.
https://www.corvette-mag.com/issues/132/articles/last-man-standing
He wasn’t set up for a timed race. Serious racers would never have a passenger. They even drain the gas tank so there is only enough for the race. Extra gas = extra weight.
The C2 corvette was a lesson in downforce and what happens without it. The first C2 road racers found out pretty quick that anything over 110 mph they could turn the wheel and the car would still go straight. Not so much as not enough downforce as it was the design of the body actually generated lift.
“Most of the guys do the entire powerline front to back, so they do not blow thinks apart but the overall frame and body designs remain unaltered. When you put some ridiculously powered engine in a vehicle that was never meant to go faster than 70mph and sometimes less, you get all kinds of interesting failures. This is just one of them.”
If they race it on the track the orignal frames need rollcages and extra support welded in to pass inspection.The faster the car the more rollcage supports
In the fall of ‘72 I borrowed a housemate’s Karman Ghia to go out to SeaTac airport to pick up another housemate who was singing for change out there and needed to get there fast so I got up some speed. At just under 70 I felt the car rise on its shocks and thought uh oh, this thing is going to fly and put the brakes on thereafter keeping it to 60.
“Serious racers would never have a passenger.”
There was no passenger.
I guess I got confused when the article said Poole was along for the ride.
What my 1967 437 fastback felt like it was going to do as I approached 135mph. When the nose rises enough to start blocking your view, time to back off.
All he needed was a set of wings and vertical/horizontal stabilizer for full flight.
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