5BrothersFabrication said:
Funny thing, today I was hauling ass in the backyard and had my 2 y/o on my lap. Got about 20 yards from the back fence and the damn quick disconnect wheel came off. Thank God for full hydro because i just grabbed the column and started twisting. Missed it by about 2' or so! :****:
So first time out in the Unicorn, we were in Barstow Ca.
I'm solo in the car and make that first pass on Barstow main pit where everyone tests. About 3/4 of the way down the rhythm whoop section in main the steering wheel comes off!!!
Mind you I'm running 80ish mph in 3-4ft deep whoops. I slow down get it reinstalled, and dont say **** to no body. Like I said I was in the car by myself, and was easily a half mile from our setup.
About an hour later when we had some rear suspension failure a crew of "Brah's" or "Bro's" or "Flatbillers" comes over to check out the Unicorn, and one of them says...... "Hey did your steering wheel come off earlier???"
I lost it, just started laughing. I was flat busted!!!
Along those lines (paraphrasing from memory), Keith Turk of Hot Rod Mag fame has strapped his wife Tonya into his landspeed car trying to get her in the 200+mph club (setting a record over 200). She was going something like 270mph when the wheel came off in her hands. She was near the end of her run, so she didnt lift. And eventually pulled the chutes and got it stopped on course vs. turning out. When that happens they deploy emergency vehicles. No emergency, just lost her wheel, and couldnt get it stabbed back on.
