Loosing a Tire During Launch!!!

[Chuck Norton]

Originally Posted by Angela Macy

But technically it did come loose from the rim

Apparently, from what I've been told, the tire split down the sidewall, from the bead nearly to the tread surface. It may have separated from the rim after that but the sidewall blew out first. Paul wasn't hurt since the whole incident occurred on the starting line. If he'd been downtrack, things could have been a lot worse.

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