Howdy,
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Patrick Washburn wrote:
> serve. Street Tires? Regional class only....there is no place Nationally
> for a "Street Tire" class. I feel that it will quickly become a mockery of
> itself, and we will again wish we hadn't gone there. (Yes, I firmly
> believe DG and Roger on this issue.)
I agree that street tire classes are (already) just another way of needing
a particular tire. As long as folks recognize that and are happy however,
so be it.
Is it really true that at a national level the common thread in STS is the
tires? I would have thought it was that you can build a fun "bolt-on" car
without needing a $4k or whatever injection system. Seems like most
national competitors have an extra set of wheels/tires for racing anyway.
Even regionally I would think that'd be high on the "good qualities about
STS" list, though being able to drive to events on your competition tires
would be up there as well.
I think street tire classes make sense locally. In fact, I think regions
should either have a paxed street tire class and normal stock classes or
street tire stock classes and a paxed R-tire class. This past year I've
been in the situation of someone that doesn't have space to store tires,
etc. Street tire classes have been a godsend.
However, make no mistake, in a week or so I'm gonna be swapping to new
street tires precisely because I think they'll work better for autox. :-)
Mark
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