Well, I feel like I have had the privilege of spending another day at the Bill Dietrich Institute of Sprint car, technology and expertise! Way to go, Billy, I love what you’re doing man, frankly, I could listen to you all day long! Thank you for all that you do, for all that you and Heather do for these videos!
I always tell drivers, you only get one shot to do your safety right. Thank you Billy for this video. If 1 driver escapes a lower extremity injury it was more than worth it.
I race hobby stock , safety is still first, drives my crazy with some of the things guys ware, use , spend thousands, tens of thousands but wouldn’t spend bigger all on suits , gloves, shoes and HELMETS, awesome video Billy👍👏
Just for clarification the torque tube does not rotate correct. the rotating assembly is inside the tube. However if a failure happens in a crash the tube / drivesahaft can become a bone breaker! i beilieve Tony Stewart suffered a broken leg in such an event.
Nope! My first cars had neither. I was very fortunate to have survived a complete separation at the rear end side. We ran home from Clinton County to the shop and used the MIG to put it back together at the bolted flange. Our shop was only 2 miles away. I do remember BJ Stewart had his leg broken coming out of the 4th turn at Selinsgrove as a result of a flip and driveline combo. I say use as much safety equipment as possible. We just didn't have that stuff on our minds back then? By the time I got with Rick Hench this stuff was just becoming standard issue. Rick was a driver himself so he was putting his ass in the same cars as me, Jim Nace, and a few others back then. Safety!! I think I may have heard Nate mention strapping his torque tube a few times while we were in the trailer over the summer? He might have been referring to something totally different?
I know you're dealing with sprint cars, but your videos have been helpful for me while I build my first midget. I have no idea what I'm doing, got no help, and there is a definite lack of show and tell out there.
@mjriemen I'll be racing a D2 midget around Indiana and Ohio with the usac midget thunder midget series. Gas city, Kokomo, circle city, putnamville, Bloomington, montpellier, Waynesfeild, Eldora, Limaland, moeller, Freemont. Those are a few tracks that I know are on the schedule.
On a Sprint Car, the driveline is spinning inside the torque tube. Trying to put a strap on a driveline wouldnt work since the driveline itself is spinning, while the torque tube isn’t
Glad u did this video! I’ve always wondered about this specific topic but was too embarrassed to ask someone in person. Dont have these in micros lol 🤙🏼