so you are saying that kumho is making most of their r-tire money from people
who drive them on the street? i doubt it.
i see the only problem is that the SCCA rules say "dot approved". this would
change to an inclusion list that lists, for example, the current hoosier autox
tire. same tire, just doesnt say DOT on it. i cant drive legally with them
on the street, but judging from the amount whining about my "drive to event on
raced tires" rule, no one does anyway.
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: Larrybsp@aol.com
To: Black94PGT@pacbell.net
Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:51 AM
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 Hoosie r tires every race wee 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:Black94PGT@pacbell.net
To:jeff@Winchell.Com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
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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