Brian Shirley takes wild ride

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  • Loobs_07
    Member
    • May 2017
    • 94

    #16
    Looked like he was underneath a few cars in 1 and 2. Not sure how he got up into the wall but pictures looked like he got turned right or car was turned at right at least. But now that you say Bronson was right there i can probably put 2 and 2 together.

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    • WildBill32
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2015
      • 748

      #17
      Bronson is letting Shirley use his shop to put a motor in his backup car. Hmmmm.....

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      • RaceEngineer
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2018
        • 482

        #18
        Originally posted by billetbirdcage View Post
        pretty sure they (track) sprayed as it was leaking fuel, but don't think they showed it
        Track crew sprayed it because it was leaking. I thought all these high roller upgrades were supposed to prevent that?

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        • Highside Hustler25
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 12915

          #19
          Originally posted by WildBill32 View Post
          Bronson is letting Shirley use his shop to put a motor in his backup car. Hmmmm.....
          Brian has also been staying at Kyles shop prior to Golden Isles. Bronson has also stays at Brians shop in the past. Nothing to see here.
          8/13/16

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          • TJHTA42
            Member
            • Jan 2008
            • 38

            #20
            Watching it on tv,it looks to me that left axle broke and turned him into wall.With his foot still in the throttle the car climbed the wall hench flipping him.

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            • slmcrewchief99
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2008
              • 738

              #21
              I said it in another post and was told I was wrong. Everyone better look again at it again. Oneal was the guy that shot under him and Brian turned right and lost it. Brian has pictures on Facebook and Bronson gets him AFTER he hit the wall. You can see that big DeKalb sticker on Oneals car as they get together and see the bent quarter panel under that caution.

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              • billetbirdcage
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 2019

                #22
                Originally posted by RaceEngineer View Post
                Track crew sprayed it because it was leaking. I thought all these high roller upgrades were supposed to prevent that?
                A complete guess on my part, but I'd imagine the tank it's self wasn't leaking but some fuel lines that got ripped off or broken fittings. IMO the fuel cells with the proper rollover valves/flaps failing is very rare, yet they allow aluminum AN fittings that can snap real easy. The rule should have been all steel fuel line fittings not a $3000.00+ fuel cell requirement.

                Again it's my opinion, that lines and fittings failing in wrecks is the largest reason of fuel leakage, not the cells themselves (least ones that have rollover valves/flaps that are in working condition and not bypassed to make putting fuel in and checking fuel levels easier). However I have no data to back that up, just 25 plus years of experience and seeing it happen to make an educated guess.
                Last edited by billetbirdcage; 02-03-2019, 04:10 PM.

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                • dirty-white-boy
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2007
                  • 996

                  #23
                  Originally posted by JDawg4343 View Post
                  Looks like he got "squirrelly" going down the backstretch and was heading towards Bloomquist on the bottom and overcorrected too much and got in the wall
                  Well played!!!

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