Zane Smiths NASCAR truck caught fire after a victory burnout, which was likely caused by the tire rubber getting caught by the rain flaps the vehicle was equipped with.
It was an unusual occurrence, but there were unusual circumstances that caused it. When NASCAR vehicles compete on road courses like COTA they get a few special parts that aren't used on the ovals.Along with a single windshield wiper and rain lights, in case there is precipitation, they're also equipped with what look like mesh mud flaps.
Street cars like the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat are also capable of shedding tire rubber during a burnout. The rubber gets shaved off into a dust that is sprayed behind the wheel and usually left in a pile behind the vehicle, but in this instance it appears that some of it was collected by the flaps.
While tire rubber is engineered to withstand the heat generated during driving, 400 degrees can be enough to ignite it. A Front Row Motorsports spokesperson said the team still isn't exactly sure what caused it to flame up, but thinks the burnout was just so severe that it go so hot that when it bunched up on the flaps it self-ignited.
He won't need to again for a while, but the Cup Series drivers will have to keep it in mind at Richmond Raceway in Virginia this Sunday.For the first season ever, NASCAR will use the rain package at its short oval tracks and allow the races to continue in light precipitation, so they'll have all the same equipment at Richmond that the road course cars use, including the flaps, according to
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