Nicky Hayden Knee Puck Failure

[oldracer27]

Wow, talk about a bum knee puck! :bawling:

[Inglese]

Heard he ripped it off early in the race on a drainage ditch in one of the turns. Stoner was moaning about the same ditch the day before (you might have missed it amongst all his other moaning).

[oldracer27]

Heard he ripped it off early in the race on a drainage ditch in one of the turns. Stoner was moaning about the same ditch the day before (you might have missed it amongst all his other moaning).

Yup, twice Saturday. I picked up one of them and returned it to their pit box. I'd hate to be the Alpinestars race support tech for them! :bawling:

[oldracer27]

Oh, here's the culprit...

[oldracer27]

"The mysterious Indy sewer grates

Many people were asking why a lot of riders were having problems with their knee sliders, or pucks, at Indy. And here is the answer: after the hurricane which flooded the track two years ago, forcing the use of the jet driers to clear some of the water, track officials decided to install a drainage system to prevent water accumulation.

Luckily we saw no rain at this years grand prix, but an unforeseen drawback to the system emerged: the drains were "stealing" knee sliders. That is, because the drain covers were apparently constructed out of some form of plastic, they would flex as a rider passed over them with their knee down, creating a small ridge that would then rip off their knee pucks. Exactly as we saw with Nicky Hayden. The riders brought the issue to the attention of track officials as early as Friday, but no action was taken before the race. It remains to be seen if the situation will be rectified for next year."

http://www.gpone.com/index.php/en/news/braking-news/1657-indy-e-il-mistero-della-fogna-atturata.html

[rramseyr]

Greg...

Do you think they will look to resurface the track or is the GP all but lost for 2012 + for Indy???

[oldracer27]

"The mysterious Indy sewer grates

Many people were asking why a lot of riders were having problems with their knee sliders, or pucks, at Indy. And here is the answer: after the hurricane which flooded the track two years ago, forcing the use of the jet driers to clear some of the water, track officials decided to install a drainage system to prevent water accumulation.

Luckily we saw no rain at this years grand prix, but an unforeseen drawback to the system emerged: the drains were "stealing" knee sliders. That is, because the drain covers were apparently constructed out of some form of plastic, they would flex as a rider passed over them with their knee down, creating a small ridge that would then rip off their knee pucks. Exactly as we saw with Nicky Hayden. The riders brought the issue to the attention of track officials as early as Friday, but no action was taken before the race. It remains to be seen if the situation will be rectified for next year."

http://www.gpone.com/index.php/en/news/braking-news/1657-indy-e-il-mistero-della-fogna-atturata.html

As usual, media reports tend to lack a lot in accuracy. The drain covers were not the problem and the few that were, were fixed Saturday night. Other issues with concrete curbing were the culprit of the "missing" knee pucks.


rramseyr
Greg...

Do you think they will look to resurface the track or is the GP all but lost for 2012 + for Indy???

I'll try warming up my crystal ball but I think IMS will do everything that's economically feasible to keep this event at the Brickyard.