yeah.. i posted the thread over at RF a few days ago. supposedly the wheels were weakened by the powder coating process, but thats still left to be seen why they really broke. however, kinesis is standing behind the product and doing their fair share of the investigation.

moral of the story is if you use your wheels hard, check them often. and i mean often.

supposedly 9 HRE street wheels broke at that one track day. rumors of PCA and IMSA were going to ban them from track events. lets leave that at rumors. I have not heard from RACE CONTROL or TECH STEWARDS at PCA or IMSA about any banning. this is still rumor and not to be passed along as fact. and unlike most of those people talking about this, i am in direct contact with the tech stewards and race control of these organizations...

in the pro race world, my race shop checks wheels after EVERY use. each car has 10-15 sets of identical rims which they cycle through the race season. wheels are given a chemical penetration and UV light test at each inspection. Guess what? even if the wheel passed its inspection with flying colors, I still have pics of wheels that broke just like those in this thread...

You have to pay to play in this game...