Well hello there DG
Speaking of tires....wouldn't it be nice to have a truly stock class with
truly stock (non-r, possibly above 240 wear rated) streeet tires?
Question has been asked so many times here in San Diego.
Race tires required to win showroom stock classes somehow seems
incongruous....
Unless we need to establish purpose of showroom stock etc. & what makes up
strictly street allowances. Then maybe look at street prepared & the other
classes.
This could all possibly relate to the fact that automotive technology is
changing so rapidly. I believe more so than each of 3 previous decades.
So what is the least painful way to make class change accomodations?
.05 1/2c
Judy pondering upcoming ST/R/U changes {:>}
At 09:27 AM 9/22/99 -0400, dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
>Loren Williams <Loren@kscable.com> wrote:
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>> PZahornask@aol.com wrote:
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>>> I think Loren is absolutely right, you shouldn't have to buy a set of
>> $250
>tires to win at Nationals.
>>>
>>> Simple solution, STR becomes a National class, ST becomes a regional >>
>class.
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>Hey! Stop that! That's the voice of common sense and logic! That's not
allowed
>in this thread!
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>> You're exactly as much help as Dennis Grant was on this topic.
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>Heh. Or maybe there's another message out there trying to get through...
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>> If nobody thought a National street tire class was viable, it never
>> would have been offered. Or, if it had been offered, 15 people
>> wouldn't have competed in it.
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>But yet, if you talk to the top drivers who actually competed in National
Level
>ST, they're all grumbling about the cost of the tires it took to win.
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>To paraphrase Mr. Allan "We thought ST would be a cheap way to do Street
>Prepared, but the cost of the tires needed to be competitive killed that"
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>That's not an exact quote, but it's the gist of what he had to say during the
>SEB Town Hall meeting.
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>Race tires - especially in the 16-17 inch riceboy sizes - are a bargin.
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>DG
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