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To: McGruff
Hey, how many radiator antifreeze fires did NASCAR have last year?

I'd guess zero. They run pretty much straight water, so any spills on the track from overheating or wrecks evaporates quickly and won't be slippery from residual glycol.

360 posted on 02/09/2011 3:37:38 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

I posted a link above about land racers banning antifreeze due to flammability concerns.

And up beyond that, a link to problems with glycol mists in fire suppression systems.

Still very unlikely in this case, but water-glycol mists can ignite.

Something else happened here- it might even be that she was unconscious when the whole thing started since there was very little evidence of fire in the cockpit of the BMW.


377 posted on 02/09/2011 8:41:18 PM PST by DBrow
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