No one NEEDS a 10. Depending on race length & conditions, a 20, 30, or 40 may be NEEDED.
The other thing people are forgetting is there is no longer a 40 option for the front or LR. While it may not change things for some series, it does for several of the regional series that had a hard tire rule. Now the hardest you can run is a 40 RR and 30's on the other 3.
Note: The only #4 tire available is a 29.0 or 92.0 tire. A number #3 is the hardest tire in a 28.5 or 90.0. Most series won't allow a 29/92 to be ran anywhere but the RR.
Last edited by billetbirdcage; 02-28-2023 at 12:18 PM.
I would take an open tire rule at this point as long as I get to choose where they are on the car. If someone decides to put on soft tires and burns them up and I can last on a harder tire I am good with that. I can remember hundreds of winner circle interviews where drivers were quoted saying " I decided to use ____ compound after looking at everybody's tires in lineup". Personally what compounds they offer doesn't matter to me as much as the series giving us the options to run them.
I think a tire rule that works for everybody is an impossibility. There are benefits and drawbacks to any and all tire rules or lack thereof, and that affects all racers differently.
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