Re: Upcoming Chump Race
Jim,
Of the two brake fires I know of:
Tunachuckers: blown line probably due to dry rot
Free Range: worn out pads.
...and the Tunachuckers' fire wasn't due to brakes. Judge Martin quickly and wrongly wrote "brake fire" in his Jalopnik report. However, I was there as soon as the Chuckers popped their blackened hood -- the consensus is that a fuel-feeder line between the carbs got a leak and that caused the fire.
And even if it wasn't that -- their fire wasn't in the pads. It started in the engine bay.