Mike,
I use the 70 Series Hoosier. I find that most organizations are letting
people get away with a 60 series Hoosier which is way wide.
Hoosiers cost me $80 each, and I can get 12 to 16 hard races on them.
For LeMans next year, I have to purchase the L Spec Dunlops at $167
each, for that race only.
Ouch.
WST
Mike & Jaye Rosen wrote:
> Sorry if I offended anyone out there. I've never let facts stand in
> the
> way of a good story.
> The reason I even mention it is because of events like Waterford
> Hills.
> Many VARAC guys go there and we do have a ball but....
> In the race I was in, there were only 4 cars that were really legal,
> i.e. a Lotus 7 with a 997 Ford, a Turner MkII with a 948, Brian Evans
> Midget with a 948 and L Section tires as well and My car the VAY
> Special
> on 15" Dunlop Ls...they are all VARAC cars.
> The rest were 1275 Bugeyes etc. with enormous suspension mods.
>
> I know that Hoosiers are cheaper than Dunlops but... they're still
> just
> too bloody wide - The idea is have period sized tires so handling and
> appearance and suspension loading are as the car was designed for.
> The fact that Hoosier chooses to make a wider stickier tire with a
> non-period tread pattern at a cheaper price does nothing for vintage
> racing other than help destroy it by constantly erroding authenticity
> standards.
>
> IMHO..Vintage racing CANNOT ADVANCE. The time is past, it's over.
> Advancement means destruction. If you want to go faster and faster,
> either move up in car type, say to a Post '62 sports racers or a
> Formula
> B... or go contemporary racing.
>
> VARAC right now is going through a period similar to many clubs.We're
> losing older neat vintage cars to later historics...why?
>
> Because as everyone pushes the envelope further and goes faster,
> there's
> a disincentive to own and race a slower older car (like mine or B.
> Evans). I know that the ownership and restoration etc. is a huge
> amount
> of the fun as is the racing in general but... it's alot more fun to
> have
> someone (or a whole bunch of people) to race with.
>
> I must be up to 4 cents by now.
> Mike Rosen (1958 VAY Special)
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