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SIMPLETON
07-09-2004, 12:59 PM
I was watchinng nascar qualifying for a ace sponsored by Tropicana, so naturally they ha dthier giant Tropicana orange baloons. Well during one of the drivers qualifying runs the weather turned bad and one of the balloons blew out ont the trackand landed into turn 4 and the driver just narily missed it. It started to blow down the front stretch. Nascar sent out one of their safety trucks and the balloon just rolld right over it. The balloon didnt stop until it got up to the start of turn 2 and got caught up in the catch-fence.
The balloon actually got more response from the crowd than the whole day before that

Statistics on the balloon:
length across: 16-20 feet
estimated weight: by my guess 5-10 pounds
top speed: depends how fast the wind is going

byronleehk
07-09-2004, 01:27 PM
Lucky it was just qualifying, can you imagine if it was a full race?

Sweeney921
07-09-2004, 02:21 PM
haha thats pretty funny, and yes, i do believe you

Ferrari Tifosi
07-09-2004, 08:34 PM
Lucky it was just qualifying, can you imagine if it was a full race?

Yes, thank god this didn't happen during the race.

digitalcraft
07-09-2004, 09:10 PM
Yeah, because NASCAR is so intense, you wouldn't want anything taking away from the action! :eek: