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Re: Street Tire Handicap

To: "Loren Williams" <lsw@southwind.net>,
Subject: Re: Street Tire Handicap
From: "David Green" <talon-95@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:40:52 -0500
I do agree with the 2-3%.  I tried swapping between my R1's and D40M2's last
year at Salina.  I got within 1-1.5 seconds of the R1's with the D40's on a
35-40 second course.  The D40's are/were a good tire, but not the best.



>
>I like the idea.  I think it's perfectly rational.  I'm not sure 5% is
>an accurate figure.  As much as anyone who's spent the bucks on those
>fancy autocross tires will hate to admit it, they probably only gain 2
>to 3% over a good street tire.  (based on my own experience, ymmv... but
>2 seconds on a 60 second course is only 3.3%)
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