Mick Grant and the exploding tyre?
#1
Posted 22 March 2012 - 18:47
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#2
Posted 23 March 2012 - 17:11
#3
Posted 23 March 2012 - 18:49
New one on me Robin, dont remember that? do remember him throwing himself off @ Stowe corner after winning 2nd? leg of F750 race 1976? supposedly with a deflating tyre I recall?
We shared a garage with Mick at Daytona in 1981(2) when he was on the Yoshimra Suzuki. Wasn't a tyre that let go but a conrod (after a piston seizure during qualifying) and the famous photo of 'Frying tonight' as the rod let go and punched a hole in the cases, ignited a the oil and Barbeque time.
#4
Posted 24 March 2012 - 14:31
You are correct Robin, I think Mick talked about it in his colum within the Motorcycle Racing Mag at the time, I think he said it was as fast as Sheene's crash but the weather was wet and he slid for a considerable length of time but did not break anything.We shared a garage with Mick at Daytona in 1981(2) when he was on the Yoshimra Suzuki. Wasn't a tyre that let go but a conrod (after a piston seizure during qualifying) and the famous photo of 'Frying tonight' as the rod let go and punched a hole in the cases, ignited a the oil and Barbeque time.
Ivor
#5
Posted 24 March 2012 - 17:47
#6
Posted 24 March 2012 - 18:24
New one on me Robin, dont remember that? do remember him throwing himself off @ Stowe corner after winning 2nd? leg of F750 race 1976? supposedly with a deflating tyre I recall?
Was that the time he stuck a road cone on his head as a 'dunce' cap? I was at Copse so missed it but saw it in MCN IIRC.
#7
Posted 24 March 2012 - 19:24
Was that the time he stuck a road cone on his head as a 'dunce' cap? I was at Copse so missed it but saw it in MCN IIRC.
Thats the one, and yes a photo exists somewhere, I remember seeing it years ago.
#9
Posted 25 March 2012 - 12:36
Paul M
#10
Posted 29 March 2012 - 01:53
I've got Mick's autobiography (bloody good read - highly recommended) and it was indeed the 1975 Ontario 200 when he had the back tyre blow and was lucky to get away with bruises.
Paul M
Thanks, so I didn't imagine it
#11
Posted 30 March 2012 - 05:54
Sorry to be pedantic but I thought it was Sheenes tyre rubbing and chunking up which eventually locked the wheel solid rather than the tyre bursting?the Barry Sheene incident at Daytona in 1975 when his Dunlop tyre burst
Edited by Hasselhoff, 30 March 2012 - 05:54.
#12
Posted 30 March 2012 - 06:09
#13
Posted 30 March 2012 - 08:19
I've read various theories..... some say the tyre delaminated, some say it "swoll" ( to swell - swoll - swollen ? )
Swelled.
#14
Posted 30 March 2012 - 13:13
Swelled.
Or, in certain parts of Belfast, "swole" as in "swole up".
Seriously!!