Allred wrote
But, apart from that, I have always thought that the disposal of tear-offs were a possible hazard to riders during a race, these guys are riding at the edge of fine tuning of machine, suspension and tires and certainly don't need something like a tear-off lying on the track, or sucked into the mechanism of their machine.
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I've always thought the same. You see a lot of these guys come out of the pits and then throw down a tear off. Why wouldn't take care of that before leaving that garage (carriage house)?
The suspected tear off.
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You meet some of the best folks behind bars.