> For months I have been carefully conserving my Bridgestone RE71s so they
> would last the whole regular season. However, the last event is here, and
> on Monday the 28th the tires are going in the trash, no matter how much
> tread is left.
>
> Therefore it's time for the annual "torch the tires before they are
> tossed" campaign. Anybody want to co-drive my car? For those who don't
> know, it's a reasonably well prepared ESP non-turbo 300ZX I run in Street
> Tire class ("reasonably" meaning I'm usually around 2 seconds behind the
> top ESP guys on R tires, and at the last event was just .7 seconds
> behind). The tires are just about to hit the wear-bars, so are in their
> prime and providing truly excellent grip, and will easily survive the day
> without cording despite our best efforts.
>
> Interested drivers need to be at least relatively the same stature as me,
> so you can fit in my racing seat and see over the dash (I do have some
> booster pads to help the vertically challenged, but if you aren't at least
> 5' 7" then it's going to be a bit tough to see the cones. Not that you
> can't try for fun anyway =). Of course I'll also be video taping all your
> runs too... Thanks all, it's been a fun season!
>
> -Carl
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