Flat Tires

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Most teams said their tire bill for Florida nearly doubled this year. Sounds like hoosier has fixed their cash flow issues to me lol

None of those take offs littering the pits were good enough for a guy to take home either. Hoosier won twice.

[Buford.Justice]

They sell more tires if guys are bolting on the softies. That's why they brought the LM10, (NLMT1) back.

Getting tires (soft ones) burnt off on a dirt track is a bad deal all around. It's really tough on the low budget guy, the high dollar teams not so much.

Tacky tracks of the past had the street classes keeping tires so much longer than now. Any class as far as that goes.

[Jking24]

None of those take offs littering the pits were good enough for a guy to take home either. Hoosier won twice.

Yep I know teams that would race all year on used Florida tires. Not this year

[crownman25]

Is TRUMP GONNA GET THE BLAME FOR THIS OR LETS GO BRANDON?

[ftfiowa]

Boom says we need all 4 tire options all year long

[james777777]

Boom says we need all 4 tire options all year long

No one NEEDS a 10. Depending on race length & conditions, a 20, 30, or 40 may be NEEDED.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

No one NEEDS a 10. Depending on race length & conditions, a 20, 30, or 40 may be NEEDED.

Exactly! It was gone 10 years and should still be gone.

[billetbirdcage]

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.

[Barbecueboy]

Has anybody ever had a “ Tire rule” that actually worked? For the racer…….

[Jking24]

That's not what tire rules are for !

[Mopar DLM]

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.

[Josh Bayko]

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.

[Barbecueboy]

That's not what tire rules are for !

I knew that….it’s for profit under the guise of fairness.

Totally agree with the old victory lane interviews hearing about how tire choice x helped them win because of how they treated them during the race.

[Mopar DLM]

If you want to see more passing in races nowadays put some people out there on different compounds and see the tires come and go as a race progresses.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

If you want to see more passing in races nowadays put some people out there on different compounds and see the tires come and go as a race progresses.

I agree. That has been part of the issue the last few years. At many races, everyone is on the same set of tires.