Fans Injured at yesterday's Cup Race

[Legacyofthe24]

How come we didn't hear about this before the race was over yesterday?

Flying brake pad injures two in Texas Speedway skyboxes (!) - From the Marbles - NASCAR  - Yahoo! Sports

 

[Brandon Howe]

I was just about to post this...

 

[Legacyofthe24]

i swear this is about the weirdest thing i've ever heard of happening at a racetrack.

 

[Hendrick9Fan]

woah weird..... ( twlight zone music)....

 

[David24]

How is it weird? The cars are going fast, and when they hit something it's bound to happen that parts go flying through the air.

 

[Legacyofthe24]

bake did you hear about sam hornish having brake problems? i know i didn't.

 

[David24]

No...but still (IDK how the brake pads are held in) if springs or clips are used to hold the pads to the caliper then during a crash they could shoot out.

 

[4WideRacing]

Another thing that made the race like Talladega.

 

[HMAC80]

How is it weird? The cars are going fast, and when they hit something it's bound to happen that parts go flying through the air.

It's weird because it doesn't usually happen. (Duh!)

It's absolutely terrifying as well.

 

[dalejrgamer]

Final Destination ITT

 

[MRI_29]

Final Destination ITT

That`s the first thing I thought about, especially since it was about stock car racing.

 

[TLmac55]

That's strange! back in 2008 at the Bank of America 500 Juan Montoya blow a tire and hit the wall in the middle of turns 1&2 right in front of my family and i and a piece of his brake pad flew up and hit my little brother in his hand. At first we thought someone had thrown something and it hit him. It was cold that night so he was wrapped up in the blanket. I had no idea it was a piece of his brake pad and said " o this is what must of hit you Justin" i went down to pick it up and it burned the hell outta my hand! It was so hot it had burned thru the blacket! I know eveyrone is prob like umm why did you touch it if it was hot but the thing is i didn't know that before i touched it! lol My thumb blistered up and we had to call the security and track officials to where we were. We had to fill out some forums and he was given a track stuffed animal -__-. We thought we would receive something from the track down the line but we never did. They were also very adamant about not letting us keep the piece of brake pad. They took it and put it in some kind of bag and we never saw it again.

It was pretty intense lol. They were acting as if we had touched something contaminated or something. Pretty wild story. Had to watch the end of the race in a track medical place on a tv -_- lol

 

[MattSRD28]

^ That sucks. You should have received a refund on your tickets, or free tickets to a race in the future due to having to have to watch the end of the race on TV.

 

[David24]

We had to fill out some forums and he was given a track stuffed animal -__-

Blistered to hell thumb = stuffed animal. Makes total sense

Had to watch the end of the race in a track medical place on a tv -_- lol

I would have raised hell about this. You didn't pay tickets to watch the race on TV. Give me tickets to another race!!

 

[dalejrgamer]

UPDATE: Witnesses at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday said a brake pad from Race Car #77 flew from the track into an eighth-floor window in the Speedway Club, injuring two men. Speedway officials called it a "freak accident," and added that it isn't something that happens often. Eyewitness Linda Gregoire said it happened seconds after the NASCAR Sprint Car race ended. According to officials, the pad became dislodged from the vehicle and flew more than 100 feet upward. Gregoire said one of the men "was holding his chest" and another man had glass lodged in his throat. "Everyone thought it was a gunshot," Gregoire said. "It scared the thunder out of us." Still hot from the vehicle, the pad burned a hole in the Speedway Club carpet. "Some of the waitresses had glass on their trays," Gregoire said excitedly. "It was very scary." One man was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The others were treated at the scene with minor cuts and bruises. Speedway officials said they would meet with NASCAR Monday morning to see how the incident happened and figure out ways to prevent similar incidents in the future (CBS)(11-9-2010)

Texas Motor Speedway...more like Talladega Superspeedway

 

[TLmac55]

lol yea i was pretty ticked off about having to watch it on tv! My dad had requested them giving us tickets or something but on the back of the ticket it states the dangers of attending a race so we really couldn't do anything about it