Hoosier Tire Problems at World 100

[latemodelman]

Was said last night that Hoosier will not have left front tires for the World 100. Also that starting tonight you can only get 2 tires as well and they will be out of tires come Friday and they might not have a shipment for Saturday. This might get interesting

[raburke23]

Teams were well aware of this, which is why several teams bring their own and why fringe guys didn't come.

[ride height]

It’s seems completely irresponsible that Hoosier Tire Co wouldn’t have product for EVERYONE at the 50th World 100. The premiere event for dirt racing. So now it’s a tire war for the haves and have nots. How ridiculous, and such a shame for everyone including fans. Whom by the way pay the bills in the long run.

[nc mudcat]

How is it Hoosier's fault when apparently the problem is getting the resources they need to build the tires?

[ride height]

How is it Hoosier's fault when apparently the problem is getting the resources they need to build the tires?

Fair question....but couldn’t you use what you rubber you did have to make sure there were tires for the World 100? Ya...maybe go karts midgets etc and such may have to go without for a week.... It just seems like bad planning on their part. Unless of course they are completely out of materials. Which I find hard to believe. But maybe so.

[LM1]

Unpopular opinion but should have only had one World 100 this year due to tire issue.

[B_K]

As I sit in my office currently dealing with supply chain issues, lack of raw materials, and complete lunacy in freight costs, I can tell you nobody probably feels worse about it than Hoosier.

Manufacturing is a sh!t show at the moment.

Imported containers of goods cost triple at a MINIMUM compared to Previous prices.
Raw materials are limited and extremely high in cost
Containers, chassis, and ships are at times impossible to secure
If you get those you need labor to get them unloaded which is scarce
You then need skilled labor to make them which is more scarce
Then you need people to warehouse it, and load it
Then you need trucks to actually show up on time to deliver it
After all that you have to pray your customers have enough man power available to get it unloaded

Supply chain used to be a non issue and not really anything as a sales person that was a huge concern of mine. Now it takes up about 80% of my day.

When was the last time you went to the grocery store and they had everything you wanted? The chain is broken and will be for the foreseeable future.

[dirty-white-boy]

As I sit in my office currently dealing with supply chain issues, lack of raw materials, and complete lunacy in freight costs, I can tell you nobody probably feels worse about it than Hoosier.

Manufacturing is a sh!t show at the moment.

Imported containers of goods cost triple at a MINIMUM compared to Previous prices.
Raw materials are limited and extremely high in cost
Containers, chassis, and ships are at times impossible to secure
If you get those you need labor to get them unloaded which is scarce
You then need skilled labor to make them which is more scarce
Then you need people to warehouse it, and load it
Then you need trucks to actually show up on time to deliver it
After all that you have to pray your customers have enough man power available to get it unloaded

Supply chain used to be a non issue and not really anything as a sales person that was a huge concern of mine. Now it takes up about 80% of my day.

When was the last time you went to the grocery store and they had everything you wanted? The chain is broken and will be for the foreseeable future.

Bingo! Well said. The average joe does not understand it.

[HoosierDirtFan]

B_K

Thank you
Finally an intelligent answer. This forum is limited in that front.

[latemodelman]

they even cancelled the CRATE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR September 17 and 18 due to tires

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Left front? I thought they were running 3 LM 20?

[nc mudcat]

Lots of other races already been cancelled. In my NC area, several asphalt races gone, some fairly large, some weekly events. Fastrak cancelled several big ones, as one was already mentioned. I am at Eldora, and having a ball, but would have supported just one World 100.

[NeedforLM$peed]

I saw something last week that theirs like 43 container ships (most ever recorded) sitting off the coast of California waiting to unload. And that August jobs report? Brutal.

They really didn't need to run two Dreams and Two Worlds. They still ran replacement events for them last year even though there wasn't fans there. There's other Lucas and WoO events that they could've ran as two day events and not 3 day ones.

[weatherman85]

Seen the same. Taking much longer to unload the container ships due to lack of workforce to get it done.

[slmcrewchief99]

I work for that company this based out of Akron. I can tell everyone that it is ALL tire manufacturers that can't produce enough to keep up with the demand. I tell people everyday, if you need tires for yourself, especially if it's 1 spacific tire, don't wait till the last minute. 6 months from now you may not find any. Passenger, light truck, and especially commercial truck tires in certain sizes and tread designs are not available. I miss sales every day because of it. It will get worse before it gets better. The good thing for Hoosier is 1 more month and racing season will slow down and they can slowly start to catch up a little. The other problem is pricing is going up with the demand. I wouldn't be shocked to see tires close to $200 to start off in 2022.