Photo ID # | J01.14.13_11A_KOE_FLM_0070_1 |
Car #: | #11A |
Driver (s) : | John Koedatich |
Location: | Flemington Speedway |
Date: | 1970's |
Photographer: | Ace Lane Jr. |
Photo provided by: | Bob Mraz |
Comments: | Comment: John always had great looking equipment with his signature "The Mud Buggy" on the hood. Looks like a big block under the hood on this one. Also looks like John was also looking to get a little less weight on the cars corners too with those cutout wheels. I'm guessing that it was a way to run steel rims, but to get rid of some of the weight??? |
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Date: | Visitor's Name: | Comment: |
01.17.13 | Terry Fick |
Lowering unsprung weight is
the correct answer for the wheel cutouts. In chassis design you have both
sprung and unsprung weight. The weight of the car is supported by the
springs (or torsion bars), the action of the springs is controlled by the
shocks. All weight bearing on the spring plus half the weight of the spring
and half the weight of the shock are sprung weight. The axle, wheels,
brakes, tires, and half the weight of the spring and shock are all unsprung
weight. Look at the suspension of race and even street cars. Notice the
body of the shock is always attached to the chassis. Why? Attaching the
body of the shock (the majority of the weight) to the chassis makes that
weight sprung weight. If you had the body attached to the axle it would be
unsprung weight. So actually slightly more than half the weight of a shock
is sprung weight. |
10.11.13 | Tom Gray | I remember John taking a violent flip off turn two at the square. The car was twisted and he got his bell rung but good. I was on the backstretch with the Flemington rescue squad and helped him out of the car and over to the medical center |
12.05.13 | John F Koedatich | I am John's brother. I was 13 yrs old when he hit the wall and ended up in a coma. I also ended up in the hospital at the same time . He is my half brother so we have the same name. They got us confused and was about to take me up for an MRI or something until they realized I wasn't in a coma. Anyway I would like copies of any pics you have of his old cars I lost most of them when my house burnt. |
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