Cooters Goat
 

Are there any photos available of the damage to Jimmy’s GTO?

Re: Cooters Goat
 

Curious of the actual cause of the mayhem...
Sounded like a flywheel issue.
Haven't seen anything like that since the Porter days, and that was a balancer that came apart pre SFI.

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Here are some photos. This could have been REALLY bad. I have an unconfirmed rumor that the back of the crankshaft broke off. I'm not sure if this is true or not.

Re: Cooters Goat
 

I was in the barn when they pulled the trans.
Crankshaft was not broken. What remained of the flexplate was still bolted with all bolts to the crank. Approximately 2/3 of the flexplate was still there.
Parts of flexplate and ring gear were gone. The Trans case bell and ears were broken off.

Re: Cooters Goat
 

What happened?

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OUCH!!!!!! has he got all his toes??? FED 387

Re: Cooters Goat
 

The car in the other lane exploded the flex plate on the burn out.

Re: Cooters Goat
 

This all happened during round 1 of Stock on Sunday. Jimmy was going to be racing Bill Basham. The video is here (you'll have to scroll back to the 1:00:10 point):
Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Texas Motorplex - Sunday.
At first it's only the announcer talking over the results screen from the previous match. After about 2½ minutes they switch back to the camera and you can see the aftermath.

Re: Cooters Goat
 

I'm standing over the wall from the water box.
Bashum started his burnout & the flywheel ring gear came apart.
I have a inch & half piece that I picked up.
Went through the 1/4 panel & busted out the right side 1/4 window.
Could have been worse.

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Oh my God bad is not the word!! Thank God he didn’t stop a few inches sooner. Thanks for the photos and I’m glad both drivers are good. Thank You Lord.