Richard G. Ballantine wrote:
>
> At an Alfa club gathering in Colorado in September a couple fellows
> were admiring the Goodyear Blue Streaks on my car and asked, why, if
> those tires bring me safely back to the paddock after lap after lap on
> the fast down-and-back track that once was Stapleton airport, they
> aren't OK for street use?
> I said I thought it was because of the sidewalls, that the sidewalls
> lack....lack....lack.... What should I have said?
Besides the strength in the tread and sidewalls (not good in potholes -
ou got potholes out there?), I don't think race tires have any
compounding to resist ozone. Ever notice the cracks in a race tire only
a couple of years old? I bought a car with some 3-4 year old Dunlops and
they looked like they were from a car abandoned in the 30s!
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Jim Hayes Winchester, MA, USA
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