IndyCar says tether did not fail in crash that sent tire flying over grandstands at Indy 500
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@indy44
But… if the tether is what keeps the tire attached to the car, and the tire become detached from the car… how is that not a failure?
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@indy44
So this is starting to sound like that thing took whatever the tethers are connected to with it
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@indy44
Sheered the wheel off the hub. Tether holds the hub, not the wheel. Truly a freak accident and so fortunate nobody was hit.
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@indy44
When someone says "isolated incident" it suggests human error to me. I'd look into the tether installation. I know nothing about this chassis, but looking at another Dallara chassis it talks about making sure the tether is installed with bobbins in place.
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@indy44
But common, some forces in the accidents are basically impossible to prevent 100%, it’s rare that tire flying at all in accidents and even more rare to see tire flying over the fences.
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@indy44
This is what you get when either 1) no one sends your text back for revision to add the part that actually explains what happened before posting; or 2) the lawyers read it and said "Take out the part that actually explains what happened so we won't get sued."
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@indy44
I guess there is a difference between a specific part that failed, and that a failure occured that made the purpose of that part redundant.
Just a silly thing to say and read in isolation.
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