Stupid Question: Why is tire doping illegal?

[Barbecueboy]

A lot of tracks say it is due to epa regulations but I don't buy that either.

I think it is pressure from tire company & sponsorship money. Tire company knows tires can be conditioned & last for several races. None conditioned tire life is short therefore they sell more tires.

If it was EPA there wouldn't be a kart track open anywhere.

Did you say tire companies???

Reminds me of the state of televisions these days........used to be you could perform maintenance and actually repair them to last longer.......now they are mostly designed to be throw always so you have to buy another one.

[Aces&Eights]

What this does is make it more expensive to run these races. The little guy who runs tires a couple and washes them in between nights will get caught up in this if he uses Simple Green or some of the other cleaners popular with racers.
I agree, that the intentional act of juicing tires should be against the rules, however there should be leeway for tires to be washed and used again.

Wash tires without simple green cleaners, they leech the oils out of the tires anyway. So you may soften the surface, but kills the tires life cycle.

[zyoung25]

At the kart track by me guys show up with 3 complete sets of soaked tires wrapped in cellophane. One for practice, one for heats, and one for features. The low budget guys have to wash their tires and redope them between races. They do this all right out in front of everybody.

I know some indoor deals have done away with tire prep. I never was big on it myself, just more expense on top of everything else. I did use it from time to time though, and it did seem to help. Certain ones would eat up the tires quicker than others, especially the homemade stuff, again cost was main reason I never was a fan of it.