[Land-speed] tire plugs

[Bryan Savage]

A friend and one of our pit crew was a Traffic Collision Reconstructionist
for the San Jose PD. He said the first thing he looked for when a tire had
failed (he only worked fatal collisions)was a plug. They were usually the
cause.

A family member by marriage was a tire dealer in Southern Cal. He scared me
away from them in the late '60's. The, then new design, bias belted tires
were "destroyed" by plugs, he said. He went into a real rant.

I've had tubeless tires patched years ago. Steel belts seem to have
eliminated flat tires for me. I have to pull crap (including a 3"X <" 
lag bolt)
from the Bridgestones on my '71 F250 - haul it to the dump express, but 
it never
looses air. (wish my savings account worked that well).

Bryan