tire selection Cedar Lake this coming weekend ?

[jhanson]

WOO sprinter David Gravel finally won a Cedar Lake race a month ago after finishing 2nd several times. He said: "It feels good to finally win one here. Man, I love this track. This track is a lot of fun. It just shows you how much this track changes. The top was the fastest groove, and those young bucks can't slow down like I can. (several tires were blown) You've just got to be real patient there on the bottom and it really worked out. I was being way easier on my tires than those guys ripping the top for all those laps."
question: Do you think the late models for the USA Nationals will have to run a hard tire to survive?
Jim Hanson
Pine City, MN

[Oiler]

They're only getting the harder (3 and 4) compounds per the WoO driver info section for Cedar Lake:

TIRE RULES
Left Front & Left Rear & Right Front Tire: Hoosier (90) NLMT3, (90) W30
Right Rear Tire: Hoosier (92) NLMT3, (92) W30, (92) NLMT4 **Grooving & Siping will be allowed**

[jhanson]

thanks for info

[slideiton]

The Sprint cars have the D15A or Medium on the RR and the D12A LR.
The Rights are similar in scale to the NLMT 3 or 4.
The Left is like a NLMT 2.5 between the NLMT 2 and the NLMT3.

[jhanson]

thanks---good info

[Buford.Justice]

They don't need softer tires at Cedar Lake as much as most tracks, thankfully.

[jhanson]

thanks--I'm a rookie but I have learned a few things about tires

[jhanson]

I see Bobby Pierce talked a little bit about his tire choice.