Members of the TASCA Racing crew worked until 10:30 Saturday making sure their race car was capable of being raced on Sunday, following a potentially devastating wreck during the final round of qualifying.
 
The crew not only inspected the chassis, which was not damaged, they also checked out their compliment of rims. While inspecting the rims, the team determined one rim just didn't appear to their liking. That rim, along with the damaged rim from Saturday, are now in the possession of the NHRA.
 
The NHRA will ship both rims to SFI for evaluation in hopes of understanding what caused the rim bead to break away from the rest of the rim.
 
Additionally, the NHRA was scheduled to download data from the Ford Blue Box. That data will help the sanctioning body have a better understanding of how well the cockpit worked in their ongoing efforts to keep the drivers safe from injury during violent incidents.

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