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Old 08-22-2011, 12:34 PM   #1
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Top Fuel Tire distortion @ 300+mph

Crosspost from another forum I frequent

High speed photograhy of what the rear tire looks like as these cars are going through the finish line.

these are amazing machines....
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Old 08-22-2011, 12:38 PM   #2
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we invent the wheel to make mobility easier and physics just turns them back into squares.
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Old 08-22-2011, 01:32 PM   #3
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Actually, those are pentagons
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Old 08-22-2011, 01:38 PM   #4
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Actually, those are pentagons
I know but squares just seem to fit all the images I had in my head of life before round wheels. Square wheels, of course!
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Old 08-22-2011, 10:25 PM   #5
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Actually those are tires, not wheels.

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Old 08-23-2011, 02:47 AM   #6
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Actually those are..... Holy $hit!
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