Howdy,
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Jay Mitchell wrote:
> You seem to believe that this is something new. It's not, it's
> been going on in all forms of motorsports competition for
> generations. It's not necessarily a pleasant thing to
> contemplate, but I have yet to hear a proposal that stands a
> chance of preventing it. One man's "street tire" is another man's
> gumball. STS will become more competitive, and finding the
> stickiest "true street tire" will become a commonplace exercise,
> as will shaving tires, maintaining a second set of wheels for
> your "true street" autocross tires, etc. Doesn't sound much
> different from today's Stock to me.
Its not, except that you can modify the car more and there's an exclusion
list (either specific or via the "140 treadwear") for tires.
I agree with what someone else wrote. If this is already happening in the
DOT tire classes now, why is it such a problem in STS? Are you telling me
that maintaining a tire exclusion list yearly (along with existing
stock-like rules about when a tire model has to be made available) is too
much work?
Hell, a freaking DOT stamp is manufacturer enforced as well I believe.
What are we gonna do when Hoosier gets bored and stamps their slicks with
"DOT"?
To keep STS as a "non-class" is silly. If the problem is rules vs.
guidelines, then write the rules. Obviously the demand is there. Red
herrings about tire rule un-enforcability is just that. It works exactly
like it does now in stock, except there's an exclusion list and no
sizing requirements.
Mark
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