Your right. Usually the tire would lose grip before it got pulled off the rim.
(Wow, I can't believed i sparked an intelligent conversation and
used 3 big words in one sentance! )

Quote from Woz :

Sorry but I cant think of a SINGLE instance in any motor sports I have watched over the past 20 years where a tire has been pulled off the rim during a race.

The only think I can think off was during some ice driving (Where they run big tires below 10psi) where I have seen this happen.

Please post a link to a report of this happening?

Happens all the time in NASCAR when a tire goes flat. I'll post a vid of it if u want.

2001 Subway 300 Busch Series Talladega. Watch the blue 34 car. BTW i got this vid at tbk.fameflame.dk/phpBB2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=832O1B2N

Last edited by EvilVendingMachine, Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:24.

There should be a max tire flex before the tire blows or gets ripped off the rim or something.
As you can presume from the picture below, there currently isn't.