This may be a perverted read of the rules,
but the street tired classes require the use
of a dot legal street tire available blah blah
blah. If you are on the wear bars, the DOT
defines the tire as unusable, illegal for street
use. If the tire is not legal for street use,
a worthy competitor may pop you on it.......
Scott Correa
>From: "Brian Berryhill" <brianberryhill@flashmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Brian Berryhill" <brianberryhill@flashmail.com>
>To: "Autox" <autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Safety ?: Legal Tire Tread Depth
>Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 05:31:02 -0600
>
>Hello,
>
>I was wanting to get some opinions and insight on what is considered the
>line for allowing a car with worn out tires to enter an autocross.
>Currently, my RE71's have about 8k on them and the rears are worn past the
>wear bars, onto what looks like the base of the tire (like if you seperated
>the tread). No cords are showing though. I race in STS or DSP locally.
>
>Would this be a safety hazzard if I were to autox on the tires? I've
>driven
>on a tire showing a few cords, but never autox'd that way. My main concern
>is the tires wear down so much and through the cords and there's a quick
>loss of air, the tire rolls, the rim digs, etc.
>
>So, at what point is it not safe to race on a tire anymore?
>
>I'm considering either AVSi's (for traction) or Kumho 712's (for wear) as
>my
>next set of tires.
>
>Brian
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