I've often wondered what the point of the DOT label was if the tire couldn't
practically be driven on the street. Who cares if Hoosier can't supply a
DOT tire. Drop the DOT and just make race tires. Then change Stock and SP
rules to allow them. Am I missing something more about the DOT label than
is obvious?
-A.
> From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
> Reply-To: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:43:14 -0400 (EDT)
> To: autox <autox@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: DOT Race Tires may become illegal
>
> Howdy,
>
> On Thu, 23 May 2002, David Disney wrote:
>> There is legislation pending that could either make DOT approved racing
>> tires illegal, or just make them so
>> expensive that they will be unaffordable to most or the manufacturers
>> will simply stop making them.
>>
>> Check out:
>>
>> http://www.hoosiertire.com/fmvsshlp.HTM
>
> Sounds to me like this could be just the thing we "need" if we wanted to
> have stock & SP class vehicles running on true street tires...
>
> It always seemed pretty dodgy to me that folks made DOT approved tires
> that they recommended weren't used on the street.
>
> Another option, if this legislation passed and we didn't want to give up
> grip, would be to drop the DOT requirement for stock and SP classes.
>
> Mark
>
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