I'm thinking that if a recapping company thought there was enough volume
(money) to justify the effort, they could probably get the powers that be to
change that rule and they could sell sticky 'caps. My guess is that low
quality (read that safety) is why the rule got put there in the first place,
and that nobody has cared enough about 'caps to try and change it since. You
do have to wonder what would happen when a "frugal" autocrosser tried to run a
set of 'caps 'til they corded tho...
Bob in ABQ
Rocky Entriken <rocky@tri.net> wrote:My impression is that Paul's guess #1 is
basically it.
The recap rule has been around ever since the rulebook was a stone tablet.
It did not exist everywhere. I seem to recall a race team in the '70s (IMSA
Camel GT?) that ran on, and was sponsored by, Bandag recaps.
Guess #2 is probably still a valid reason, but how many people have access
not only to a recap machine (not all that hard) but also the materials to
create a gooey cap (much harder). It would about have to be a manufacturer
(a la Bandag), and what good would it do them to sneak their sticky recaps
onto a Hoosier or BFG carcass? If they cannot market their product, why
bother?
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Zahornasky"
To:
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 8:35 PM
Subject: RE: Recaps
> First, on the truck tires: Those may not necessarily be recaps that you
see
> on the side of the road. A vehicle weighing 40 tons (and sometimes more)
> puts a tremendous amount of stress on tires. When they lose air pressure,
> the heat buildup destroys the bonds between the tread and the rest of the
> casing. The tread then seperates from the rest of the tire. This happens
> on both new and recapped tires.
>
> Recapping has come along way. The quality on many caps is close to that
of
> a new tire.
>
> As to why we don't use them in Solo 2, I can only guess that:
>
> 1: Quality WAS an issue when the rule was put in place.
>
> and/or
>
> 2: Someone put a nice sticky slick compound onto a DOT casing and ran in
> stock catagory. (Imagine taking the Hoosier R25A slick compound and
> sticking it on their DOT casings.)
>
> Maybe someone who was around when the rule was put in place can shed some
> light.
>
> Paul Zahornasky
>
> Used to be in the tire industry, still in the heavy duty truck industry.
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Mark Hirt
> > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 8:54 PM
> > To: KWall73108@aol.com
> > Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Recaps
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 20:36:47 EST, KWall73108@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >1. Why doesn't SCCA allow recaps in Solo 2?
> >
> > Ever seen those big strips of tire on the side of the Interstate?
> > Those are recaps off of semi's
> >
> >
> > Mark Hirt
> >
> > Mark.Hirt@attbi.com
> > http://home.attbi.com/~nxracer/
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