Test Date: 03/16/2009
Lab: SGS Group International
Part: Sprint Car Bottom Rails, Rear Cage Upright, Hip Rail (.095)

Sprint Car Cockpit Diagonals (.065)

Test Type: Chemical Composition / Hardness / Strength
Test Procedure: Chemical: ATM A751-07a.  Tension: ASTM E8/8M-08. Hardness: ASTM E18-08a.
 

Chassis Tubing

 
 
Test/Sample ID 1 3/8" X 0.065

1 3/8" X 0.095

Carbon 0.34% 0.33%
Manganese 0.47 0.56
Sulfur 0.024 0.011
Silicon 0.22 0.22
Chromium 0.86 0.96
Phosphorus 0.014 0.014
Molybdenum 0.17 0.18
Copper 0.09 0.09
Nickel 0.090 0.086
Rockwell Hardness HRC 25.5 HRC 26.5
Tensile Strength ksi 128.3 127.6
Yield Strength .2% offset ksi 116.8 115.3
Percent Elongation in 2.0" 13.0 13.0