This Bizarre Nascar Explosion Was Actually A Massive Tyre Failure

The Nascar world was left baffled by an explosion that hit Derrike Cope’s Xfinity machine at the weekend, but it turns out it was actually a massive tyre failure
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The cause of a strange explosion which struck Derrike Cope’s car in the Nascar Xfinity race at Watkins Glen on Saturday has been determined - it was actually a massive tyre failure. See the big plume of smoke erupting from the bonnet? It’s actually brake dust, and as you might have guessed from the severity of the bang, this isn’t an ordinary tyre failure.

Speaking to USA Today, Nascar vice president Elton Sawyer said that the failure was down to a broken spindle causing excessive heat in the tyre. Since Cope pulled over and slowed down, this restricted airflow, allowing the weakened tyre to “roast”.

“So he lost a bead, then you’ve got all the fabric in the side wall that is starting to deteriorate and as soon as the vehicle came to a stop you’ve got all that radiant heat that’s basically just sitting there, the soft point of the side wall is where it explodes.”

Nascar will look into the incident further to see if it’s something that can be avoided in the future. Fortunately, Cope was not injured the explosion.

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Anonymous

I think that while waiting for the tow truck, Mr. Cope was getting tired…

08/08/2016 - 15:02 |
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FLixy Madfox

The tyre be like

08/08/2016 - 15:08 |
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depressurise motherf*cker!

08/08/2016 - 16:21 |
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08/08/2016 - 17:13 |
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Anonymous

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08/08/2016 - 15:09 |
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08/08/2016 - 15:10 |
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Deadpool (Cam's much sexier twin) (Official Demon Fangirl)

The joy of racecars, things don’t just break, they can spontaneously explode

08/08/2016 - 15:14 |
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Mr.PurpleV12

08/08/2016 - 15:27 |
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Nissan 420sx

His car was tyred from the race, he needed some weed. But when he smoked, it blew his mind. Lol

08/08/2016 - 15:27 |
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Olivier Culat #86

Xplosion

08/08/2016 - 15:59 |
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Anonymous

Don’t blame it on the tyre, they are already under enormous pressure

08/08/2016 - 16:15 |
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Anonymous

April Fools four months later…

08/08/2016 - 17:04 |
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Callum Luke Norris

I wonder if he was a bit Deflated afterwards….mabye even Tired ….he didnt have a wheely good time….il leave now

08/08/2016 - 17:45 |
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