http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Flying-brake-pad-injures-two-in-Texas-Speedway-s?urn=nascar-283479

As if Sunday's Texas race wasn't weird enough, now comes word that two fans were injured when a brake pad broke loose from Sam Hornish Jr.'s car. The part sailed more than 100 feet into the air, crashing through a skybox window on the eighth floor of Texas Motor Speedway's Speedway Club.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Hmm, I though those things used drum brakes.

Drum brakes? I thought they just used massive air resistance, sort of like the Veyron's airbrake...but its just an intrinsic safety feature designed into the block-like styling of those cars.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

LOL! That's hilarious!

I saw this guy with a newish Accord. And he had it all tricked out with big alloys and super low profile tires and painted calipers on the front. I looked at the rear wheels and there behind the wheels were these little tiny drums! (and they were painted...) Pitiful!

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra