"Dave Henrie" > wrote in message
. 97.136...
> This has nothing to do with this thread,(suprise!) but it might be
> interesting none-the-less.
>
> Flipping channels last night I caught a bit of an old Nascar at Bristol
> on ESPN Classic. The time frame looked to be around the days of thunder
> time.
> #3 was there, and Rusty had a black car, M Waltrip was still in the
yellow
> Kodak Pontiac.
>
> Mark Martin hit the wall. Some time later, they had a pit report and
the
> showed a shock in two pieces. The bumps were so bad that Martin had
pulled
> the shock shaft/seal from the shock body. It was not damaged, just pulled
> completely out of the shell of the shock absorber. (damper to Euro folk?)
>
> Timely? Yes. Relevant? no. But dang wierd.

Not so weird, Dave. Seen it happen before - the top probably just came
unscrewed from vibration or hadn't been tightened properly. That's how you
rebuild 'em.

Typically not mid-race, though... ;-)