Front row 38" blowout @ 90 mph

[Groover]

The other day I was on I75 South just below fort myers. I was cruising at 80 in the right hand lane (2 lanes). A mid 90's chevy gas job with 6" lift and 38" mud tires comes up beside me and slows down (he had been running about 90 mph). I was trying to figure out if I knew the guy when he gooses his truck twice and then backs off to beside me. "THIS GUY WANT'S TO RACE" Well I thought about it but decided better to just let it go (besides my comp is on the fritz and don't have the new one yet). I waive to him "never touching the cruise control" and he speeds back up to approx. 90 mph.

Now it gets interesting... I start to see what looks like smoke from the right rear tire and then the tire swells up like a dragster tire and shakes violently. I am on the brakes hard giving this guy some room cause he is in trouble. The tire then goes flat and pieces of tread start flying and banging into the bed quarter panel. The tire comes off the rim and is propelled through the air across the other lane and into the road ditch like a bouncing ball. The guy is now doing 60-70 and completely on the rim. He used both lanes for a little bit (he needed to change his shorts for sure) before he could get it slowed down and off the road.

Whew! That was a close one. It was an awesome site to watch through my windshield. I believe he had 38" ground hogs on 10 X 16.5" wheels but can't be sure.

I keep thinking that had I tried to race him I might have ate that tire for lunch.

Wonder what the speed rating is on a 38" ground hawg.

FYI