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Re: What do you think of Kumho tires?

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Subject: Re: What do you think of Kumho tires?
From: TeamZ3@aol.com
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 17:48:04 EDT
priebe.4@osu.edu writes:

> Rudy Consolacion the Director of Motorsports at Kumho tire, has asked for 
me 
>  to get this question out  "What do you think of Kumho tires?"  He needs 
this 
>  information to pass on to his people at Kumho for the improvement of our 
>  sport with more involvement.  Feel free to pass this on to anyone who 
might 
>  help this cause or if someone can post this to the net, it would be 
>  appreciated.  All responses can be sent to  rconsolacion@kumhotech.com 


My biggest beef with Kumho DOT race tires is the weight.  I'm already  
weighed down by my lack of driving skill  :-(,  I don't need a boat anchor 
hanging off each corner too.  However, they do offer a very good 
value/performance ratio, which is a great benefit for the majority of 
competitors who are on limited budgets.  I also thought that Mike Taylor at 
CUT represented Kumho very well, but ended up on the short end of the stick.  
While I appreciate all that Tire Rack has done for our sport, I'm personally 
concerned that they are slowly eliminating the independent service suppliers. 
 I don't see any Tire Rack trucks providing service support at the events.  I 
also know of quite a few horror stories that end with "that's the setup the 
guy at Tire Rack told me to use for these tires".  The independent service 
suppliers tend to be more informed about proper setup, because they're the 
ones at the events getting their hands dirty with competitor feedback.

Mark Sipe

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