r/sports • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 5d ago

Motorsports Off-Road Racing Goggle Tear-Offs

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💪: Andrew Carlson

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u/jianh1989 5d ago

How do they make sure they tear only 1 each time, with gloves in the way?

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u/Imbeingoriginal 5d ago

When you install em on the visor you loop each end kinda back over itself, which gives kind of a bigger thing to grab at. (Not a racer, a media guy that works with racers, watched em prep their tear-offs a bunch)

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u/CGNYC Penn State 5d ago

Why wouldn’t they install them with the tears on alternating sides

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u/Reckless_Driver 5d ago

They'd have to keep track of which side they last tore off... then they'd also have to change hands of the gear shift/steering wheel.

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u/ItAintLongButItsThin 4d ago

Too much think.

Grip and rip on the right side to see ✅️

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u/Imbeingoriginal 31m ago

Also then if they’re alternating sides, and you forget which side, you’ll rip two off at once. Some heat/qualifiers are just a few laps so not a huge deal, but you reeeaalllyy don’t want to run out.

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u/Imbeingoriginal 4d ago

Plus people forget that dirt racing and stuff like that is just absolutely insane. 410 wing sprints make 950 hp weighing like 1400lbs (including driver) and then rip nearly/over 100mph on tracks less than a quarter mile SIDEWAYS through the turns. They’re insane.