but what people have been saying is that SCCA is worse than the feds with
change. i dont see what difference it makes if these specialty tires are
outlawed for public road use. pretty much everyone agrees the hooiser
autox/race tires is not streetable. people wont even drive their kumhos to
an event!
crap, the log book on my road race car lists "Material of Coachwork" as a
specification! how out of date is that?!
-james
PS has anyone actually looked at the text of the bill?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
To: <Larrybsp@aol.com>; <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 10:11 AM
Subject: RE: DOT Race Tires may become illegal
> 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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