Bogart wheels

denbreeden · 08-18-2014, 04:49 PM

Anyone running Bogart R/T wheels needs to keep a close eye on them. My right front split on me Friday night, fortunately on an 1/8 mile track. The tire came off the rim before I could completely stop ruining the tire. I checked the left wheel and it has a crack started in it as well. If this had happened a few seconds earlier or had I been on a 1/4 mile track I would have crashed the car most likely. Hopefully the pictures will post ok.

Dennis Breeden

Bob Gullett · 08-18-2014, 08:52 PM

I have the bogart force5 wheels and split one last year. Fortunately it lost air in the staging lanes. $200 to fix it. I keep the bogarts as back up wheels now. Switched to billet specialties.

Ed Wright · 08-18-2014, 09:15 PM

Dang, Dennis! That is scary!

Geerhead55 · 08-19-2014, 01:17 AM

Thanks for the heads up,, I've got Bogarts all the way around, and have never had a problem, for the 11 years I've owned my '68 Chevy II,, but I'll definitely keep a closer eye on them.
Danny Durham

Alex Denysenko · 08-19-2014, 01:23 PM

Dennis the email address you sent me doesn't work so I couldn't reply to you in person I finally got ahold of a human there late yesterday and Rich Bogart will do his best to contact you ASAP. Ironically our original Bogart wheels are about to celebrate their 20th birthday all 26 of them look brand new 4 cars with spares and seperate wheels for radials got to be over 2000 BIG wheel stands between my black 65 SS car and the white 69 big block stocker. Tony's car weighs about 3500 lbs and Beth's is over 3700lbs
The only time we ever had a issue was with my original monoqoque wheels before bogart had complete control of the company and was only doing the machine work and polishing for monoqoque they leaked wosre than a old set of firestone drag 500's.

Charlie A · 08-19-2014, 02:02 PM

denbreeden · 08-19-2014, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

Dennis the email address you sent me doesn't work so I couldn't reply to you in person I finally got ahold of a human there late yesterday and Rich Bogart will do his best to contact you ASAP. Ironically our original Bogart wheels are about to celebrate their 20th birthday all 26 of them look brand new 4 cars with spares and seperate wheels for radials got to be over 2000 BIG wheel stands between my black 65 SS car and the white 69 big block stocker. Tony's car weighs about 3500 lbs and Beth's is over 3700lbs
The only time we ever had a issue was with my original monoqoque wheels before bogart had complete control of the company and was only doing the machine work and polishing for monoqoque they leaked wosre than a old set of firestone drag 500's.

Alex,

I did talk to Rich late yesterday about this. I'm sending the wheels to him so they can put a thicker outer hoop on the wheels. Probably won't have them back for Indy but I Keith Lynch has an extra set of light weight wheels I can use if needed. I appreciate the call yesterday Alex, hope to see you all at the track!

Dennis

08-18-2014, 04:49 PM	#1
denbreeden Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Plainville, IN Posts: 501 Likes: 147 Liked 61 Times in 26 Posts	Bogart wheels Anyone running Bogart R/T wheels needs to keep a close eye on them. My right front split on me Friday night, fortunately on an 1/8 mile track. The tire came off the rim before I could completely stop ruining the tire. I checked the left wheel and it has a crack started in it as well. If this had happened a few seconds earlier or had I been on a 1/4 mile track I would have crashed the car most likely. Hopefully the pictures will post ok. Dennis Breeden Attached Thumbnails

08-18-2014, 08:52 PM	#2
Bob Gullett VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,106 Likes: 57 Liked 507 Times in 116 Posts	Re: Bogart wheels I have the bogart force5 wheels and split one last year. Fortunately it lost air in the staging lanes. $200 to fix it. I keep the bogarts as back up wheels now. Switched to billet specialties. __________________ 68 Chevy11 327 F/S

08-18-2014, 09:15 PM	#3
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Bogart wheels Dang, Dennis! That is scary! __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

08-19-2014, 01:17 AM	#4
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Bogart wheels Thanks for the heads up,, I've got Bogarts all the way around, and have never had a problem, for the 11 years I've owned my '68 Chevy II,, but I'll definitely keep a closer eye on them. Danny Durham

08-19-2014, 01:23 PM	#5
Alex Denysenko Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Michigan City IN Posts: 633 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Bogart wheels Dennis the email address you sent me doesn't work so I couldn't reply to you in person I finally got ahold of a human there late yesterday and Rich Bogart will do his best to contact you ASAP. Ironically our original Bogart wheels are about to celebrate their 20th birthday all 26 of them look brand new 4 cars with spares and seperate wheels for radials got to be over 2000 BIG wheel stands between my black 65 SS car and the white 69 big block stocker. Tony's car weighs about 3500 lbs and Beth's is over 3700lbs The only time we ever had a issue was with my original monoqoque wheels before bogart had complete control of the company and was only doing the machine work and polishing for monoqoque they leaked wosre than a old set of firestone drag 500's. __________________ Alex Denysenko NHRA 3038 SS, 3305 STK - IHRA 6 SS, 330A STK Moneymaker Racing LaPorte Indiana 219-861-1214 www.moneymakerracing.net Last edited by Alex Denysenko; 08-19-2014 at 01:28 PM.

08-19-2014, 02:02 PM	#6
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Bogart wheels