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From: GSMnow@aol.com <GSMnow@aol.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:54 AM
Subject: Re: tire warming
>6.11
>"Pre-heating of tires prior to competition by electrically heated covers or
>by similar means is prohibited"
>
>Hmmm. Is using a torch on the tread surface a "similar means" to an
electric
>blanket??
>
>Gary M.
Yepper. Similar in that it's an external heat source.
IMHO, the only acceptable way to warm tires is by driving the car on course.
Having achieved that, KEEPING them warm is another matter. A second driver.
Passive blankets. Okey doke.
Rocky (always a dilemma, keep tires warm, get engine cooled)
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