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Re: DOT Race Tires may become illegal

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Subject: Re: DOT Race Tires may become illegal
From: JonesMB <jonesmb@arthem.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 19:05:09 -0500
Alan, I really wanna know how you managed to squeeze so much into a Miata?

jmb

>If you run 205s you can get 4 tires in a Miata easily, indeed once I
>even got 5 full-size tires in it! Now that I have 225 Hoosiers which
>won't fit in the trunk I've bought a clamp-on luggage rack and with that
>I can easily carry 4 tires and all my race stuff.
>
>I remember going to Nationals once (1998) with so much stuff crammed in
>the Miata it looked like one of those clown cars when I unloaded it! 4
>tires, 2 suitcases, my helmet, a wash bucket and soap, tools, 50 CDs, 4
>cones, an air compressor and an extra Borla muffler! (shipped to
>Colorado Springs because it would not have made it to Seattle before I
>left). Whoever said that a Miata was small? Oh yeah, for all of those
>who say that you have to trailer your car to do well I was 3rd of 59
>that year :-)
>
>- Alan "have Miata will travel" Dahl

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