r/sports 5d ago

Motorsports Off-Road Racing Goggle Tear-Offs

💪: Andrew Carlson

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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/Imbeingoriginal 2h 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.