Alex Muresan wrote:
> He went back out and after 5 or 6 hot laps he came in again >complaining
> of a sudden loss of grip which almost made him fly off the track in >one
> of the fast banked right-hander turns. His front left tire was
> completely destroyed. It looked like the tread was peeled off the
> middle of the tire. The middle part was
> completely shredded away and the some of the metal cords was also
> ripped. We quickly took a temperature reading and it still read >around80
>degrees, which is low compared with the old R1s. Tread was >still visible on
>the inside of the tire, or what was left of it to >prove that the tire was
>new. I am hoping that BFG will help him out >with a new tire because clearly
>this one had a defect. Has anyone else >experienced such a problem? Any
>suggestions for my friend?
YES,had the same problem.
Last October I attended a SVO Club open track event at the Talladega
G.P. track and SEVERAL cars had this same problem on all types of tires,
Yoko's, BFG, Hoosier and even street tires (Me).
The track surface is like racing on coarse grit sandpaper. I had heard
that track was to be repaved in November but from what you say here it
wasn't......very disappointing, I was looking forward to going again
this coming October.
Gary Alsobrooks
1984 SVO Mustang ESP
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