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RE: Stock class wheel widths

To: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>, "autox list" <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Stock class wheel widths
From: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:11:51 -0700
News to me.  --  KeS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Eric Linnhoff
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 08:34
> To: autox list
> Subject: Stock class wheel widths
> 
> 
> Howdy all.
> 
> Whatever became of the vicious rumor (proposal?) that Stock class cars
> were not gonna be allowed to run "any DOT approved tire" on rim widths
> that weren't spec'd by the manufacturer for that tire?
> 
> Such as the BFG G-Force 225/50-14 tires being "spec'd" as usable on
> 6.5-8" wheels and the Hoosier radial 225/50-14s on 7" wheels although we
> small car racers often squeeze them onto 6" wheels.
> 
> Has there been any further discussion/progression on this
> rumor/proposal?
> 
> Just curious since my rock hard 225/50-14 Toyos are actually
> manufacturer spec'd for 6-8" wheels and they're every bit as wide as the
> BFGs and Hoosiers.
> 
> See you on course.
> 
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
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