UMP MODIFIEDS: Hoosier tire rule UPDATED & amended. From LaSalle FB page! READ ASAP!
UMP Modifieds - Hoosier tire rule updated & amended. From the LaSalle Speedway Facebook page.
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Sunday, February 21st 2015 - Hoosier A40S will replace A40 as approved DIRTcar UMP Modified Division Tire. Compound Beginning April 1st 2015.
DIRTcar Racing Teams may run A40 compound until stock is depleted. Tire grooving to be phased out throughout 2015.
Concord, NC - October 24th 2015 - DIRTcar racing along with Hoosier Racing Tire today announced plans to implement a new tire compound in the DIRTcar Modified division in 2015.
Corresponding with the opening weekend of the 2015 DIRTcar UMP points season, the new Hoosier A40S compound tire will replace the A40 as the approved tire for the DIRTcar UMP Modifiied Division beginning April 1st 2015. Teams will still be allowed to run A40 compound tires beyond April 1st for as long as it takes to deplete their stock.
In addition to the implementation of the A40S compound, tire grooving will be phased out of the DIRTcar UMP Modified division in 2015. Teams will be permitted to run grooved tires on any corner of the race car through the last week in June, at which point grooed tires will only be allowed only on the front of the car for the remainder of 2015. Mo grooved tires will be allowed in 2016.
"After reviewing the feedback of the race teams concerning the A40 Modified tire , we are thrilled, in conjunction with Hoosier Racing tire , to introduce a reconstructed and improved A40S Modified tire for the 2015 season.," said DIRTcar UMP Series Director Sam Driggers. "Appearance is similar to the current A40 . The primary difference is the expected durability of the new tire. The current A40 will remain a legal tire, but once the inventory is depleted, the A40S will be the approved tire.
The new A40S tire will feature an improved compound that is similar, to the LM30S tire that was implemented in the DIRTcar Late Model divisions at the beginning of the 2014 season. In replacing the LM30 compound, the LM30S has received positive feedback reviews from the Late Model teams for it's improved durability over the LM30, leading DIRTcar and Hoosier to develop am adaption of the LM30S for use in the Modified division.