You said it Larry, I couldn't agree more. I made sure to let the NHTSA
know how I feel and I hope you will too. Most politicians and
bureaucrats use "public feedback" as a rough measure of what they can
get away with. Passing a law like this will make them "feel good" about
"doing something about the problem" even if the cure is worse than the
disease. One of the reasons I support the SCCA is because I have this
(hopefully not naive) belief they will represent our interests to the
kind of people who would otherwise trod on our interests in pursuit of
whatever they think will get them elected.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Larrybsp@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 09:52
> To: Black94PGT@pacbell.net
> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: DOT Race Tires may become illegal
>
>
> from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
>
> James,
> What planet are you on? You have no idea of
> the implications
> of banning "R" rated tires would have. First and foremost its
> big brother
> telling you what can and can't do once again. Secondly there
> is no logical
> reason to ban "R" tires. How many SUVs have seen with them.
> Thats beside the
> point that as far as I know "R" rated tires aren't made in
> SUV sizes. The
> loss of "R" tires would force many people to have to give up
> racing. I road
> race a C4 Corvette on 315/35-17 Kumho's. If the law goes
> through Kumho would
> stop making "R" rated tires. My only other option would be
> Hoosier race
> slicks assuming Hoosier is still in business after the loss
> of the "R" tire
> business. I can run a set of Kumho's all season. If I have to
> switch to
> Hoosier I would have to redo my whole suspension setup,
> something it took me
> long time to get dialed in. I would also have to buy $800 -
> $1000 worth of
> Hoosier tires every race weekend something I can't afford. My
> only other
> option is Z rated street tires which go for $I600 a set on my
> car and even
> shaved would last one week end and would scare the hell out
> me on the track
> at the speeds I go. I will have invested a small fortune in
> a car I can't
> use. As for the SCCA, they're useless. Wake up and smell the
> BS from Washington. Beaurocracies are staffed by people who
> couldn't get a
> job in the real world. FWIW.
> Larry
>
>
> In a message dated 5/23/02 12:53:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> Black94PGT@pacbell.net writes:
>
>
> > Subj:Re: DOT Race Tires may become illegal
> > Date:5/23/02 12:53:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time
> > From:<A
> HREF="mailto:Black94PGT@pacbell.net";>Black94PGT@pacbell.net</A>
> > To:<A
> HREF="mailto:jeff@Winchell.Com";>jeff@Winchell.Com</A>, <A
> HREF="mailto:ba-autox@autox.team.net";>ba-autox@autox.team.net</A>
> > Sent from the Internet
> >
> >
> >
> > the threat to stop making r-tires doesnt make sense to me- scca and
> > other orgs can just change what tires are allowed in
> certain classes.
> > thats just changing some words on some paper somewhere.
> >
> > -james c
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