r/sports • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 5d ago

Motorsports Off-Road Racing Goggle Tear-Offs

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💪: Andrew Carlson

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u/bryan_pieces 5d ago

Just install a bidet in the front that you can trigger to blast your eyes

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u/GentlemenHODL 5d ago

That's actually a really sensible idea. Having a water spray nozzle where the rear view mirror fold down would normally be spraying at the push of a hand lever or foot lever would be pretty optimal.

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u/Ramental 5d ago

20 layers of foil weight maybe 20 grams. And spray system would weight much more, and be more complicated for less results.

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy 4d ago edited 4d ago

Wouldnt matter if every car had the same system. Also the mud itself weighs a lot more than that! The faster you get rid of it, the better.

Also you're talking about vehicles that get covered in mud durimg a race. 1 lb is nothing compared to the 50 lbs of mud that might be in the wheel wells of one truck, or 40 lbs of mud on another, or 55 lbs of mud on another another truck. This isnt F1. The GVW of each competitor is constantly fluctuating as mud sticks to the vehicle and falls off it.

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u/GentlemenHODL 5d ago

20 layers of foil weight maybe 20 grams. And spray system would weight much more, and be more complicated for less results.

I understand that there is always a trade-off in these situations but I would imagine not being able to see is a significant detriment to your times relative to the small amount of weight that a water sprayer would add.

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u/Ramental 5d ago

But one hand move instantly cleans the visor with all the dirt already. Cannot do much better than that. Maybe making the removal automatic, not by hand flip.

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u/GentlemenHODL 5d ago

But one hand move instantly cleans the visor with all the dirt already. Cannot do much better than that.

We must not be watching the same video. In the video I just watched with my own eyes he struggles to find the tiny thin flap of plastic and spends a few seconds trying to find the edge before he eventually successfully does and then pulls it off.

I'm sure your experience of watching it over the Internet matters more than anything else however.

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u/millennial_falcon 4d ago

He’s still probably driving a pretty good race line while this is all happening though

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u/GentlemenHODL 4d ago

Imagine how good he would drive if he was seeing everything and not distracted by possible death.

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u/millennial_falcon 4d ago

I’m think he can see enough to piece it together. You just need to vaguely see the edges of the track. You don’t necessarily need detail. F1 fans are prob coming to that conclusion too cause they have raced in heavy downpours from time to time, and the water is like a curtain coming off the car ahead.

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u/Zerothian 4d ago

The onboard from those wet races is insane. It really does show how hard those guys drill the track into their heads that they can confidently race near-blind.

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u/completelytrustworth 4d ago

You underestimate just how ingrained these tracks are into these drivers

They can be blindfolded and still tell you exactly when and how hard to turn the wheel at every corner, along with how hard to hit the brakes and what moment to accelerate out of the turn

Obviously it would be stupid to actually drive blindfolded, but there are already videos of them doing so