If you can't groove, you can't re-edge them. They are junk.
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Pretty sure they don't care what Momma don't allow, they going to groove them used tires in the same location anyhow. Then see if tech can catch it. This rule makes cheaters out of poor racers. There is just a flaw in the rule.
The other flaw is, if a team picks a wrong tire for a night and track and the track eats the tire. The team hast to buy a new tire and live with the results of that night. (lost money) Since the track is taking over the choice of tire selection, are they going to subsidize any bad results?
"The other flaw is, if a team picks a wrong tire for a night and track and the track eats the tire. The team hast to buy a new tire and live with the results of that night. (lost money) Since the track is taking over the choice of tire selection, are they going to subsidize any bad results?"
Tell me how this would be different from before? When you pick the wrong tire its either not gonna fire or you will burn it up. That will always be the case unless you only have one tire choice.
Now you have no choice for 3 corners. If you burn it up, it is their fault. They forced you to run it. You had no choice. The question was absurd. The point was not. This isn't NASCAR where the weekend's allotment of tires is basically part of the entry fee.
so they have exclusive tire deal on only 13 tracks nationwide I know of 5 tracks just within a 3 hour window of our shop that are hoosier only so no where near the scale of the hoosier empire
American Racer is a small company that cannot compete with Hoosier, plain and simple. Hoosier has become the promotors best friend because of the kick back monies into point funds. I wonder how many dirt track tires Hoosier sales just for late models in a years time span ?
I just read directly from there website American racer cup. We are a NE group consisting of 13 speedway's thru out the NE. Did I miss something ?
The ungrooved unsiped 20's didn't even wear at the world. With grooving and siping allowed a 20rr was toasted after a 8 lap heat ... keep drinking the goo
In that one circumstance they didn't. Because they never fired. But it still took the edges off. Which is why guys were faster for 8 laps with new rubber. Tires have to wear to keep good rubber exposed and work properly. If you can't recondition your tire, it isn't going to last you as long, period. I been doing this for almost 30 years and never had a big tire budget.
What difference does it make, as to who does it? It's the policy that is not quite on the up and up.
#1 Creating a monopoly as from whom you can buy tires, allows price fixing.
#2 Paying the track money collected from the racers, by over charging for tires, even if all was put in a points fund, is taking money from the racer and giving it to the track along with the cut for the tire manufacture. This proves there is price fixing. Even if they give it all back to the point fund, it still helps the bottom line of the track and Tire Co. and hurts the racer.
I'm sure the top few in points are saying, "this is a good deal". What is the bottom racers saying after contributing just as much? The guy that can afford it least got ripped and didn't get a chance to decide for their self.