Are you sure about that? Remember that they were
racing on real BRICKS back then...all the way around
the track...not just the little 2 foot strip at the
start finish like they have these days. I's have to
think that would take a much higher toll on the tire
than one would think...
Just one more interesting bit of trivia to add to the
discussion. :)
Paul
--- Lolita Adrien <lomike@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I can't imagine not being able to do 500 miles on
> the oe Pilots.
> MJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Smith" <msmith@tilia.com>
> To: "Robert Fulton" <Robert_Fulton@email.msn.com>;
> "Lolita Adrien"
> <lomike@earthlink.net>; "Paul S (#51 STS)"
> <ibisbike@yahoo.com>; "James
> Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>; "John J. Stimson-III"
> <john@harlie.idsfa.net>;
> "Anthony Tabacco" <tony@atarchitects.com>
> Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 13:03 PM
> Subject: RE: Miatas at Indy...was Oakland on the
> 29th
>
>
> I was starting to believe that the tires that were
> on my Miata until
> recently would have lasted around 50 years.....
> Besides, you're only doing
> left hand turns so you can rotate the tires half way
> through the event!
>
> Mark.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Fulton
> [mailto:Robert_Fulton@email.msn.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 6:44 PM
> To: Lolita Adrien; Paul S (#51 STS); James Creasy;
> John J. Stimson-III;
> Anthony Tabacco
> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Miatas at Indy...was Oakland on the
> 29th
>
>
> Actually, It might make 100 or so miles on the
> tires, then have a pit stop
> of about 50-60 years waiting for the right size
> tires to be
> manufactured........
> One of those cool time travel paradoxes
>
> Robert
>
>
> > Without doing any of the research I will venture
> that it would be several
> > years later than might seem apparent by q times
> alone. Don't forget we are
> > talking bullet proof reliable and great fuel
> economy ( by comparison) even
> > at full throttle due to it's pretty good aero.
> > IMHO
> > MJ
>
> >
> >
> > > > heres a fun meanless question: given a time
> machine
> > > > whats the last year
> > > > that a stock 1995 miata could have won the
> indy 500?
> > > >
> > > > james
> > > >
> > >
> > > My guess would be right around 1922. Looking at
> race
> > > average speeds it might be competitive until the
> late
> > > 30's on paper alone...
> > >
> > > But then if you look at qualifying averages by
> the mid
> > > to late 20's pole speeds had climbed into the
> low
> > > 120's, and I'm pretty sure a stock Miata
> couldn't
> > > average that around the brickyard.
> > >
> > > Just my thoughts,
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
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