In a message dated 7/20/03 9:34:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
msmith2@columbus.rr.com writes:
> Wasn't the exclusion list designed to stop a tire from being dominant?
No, it is designed to keep a tire that doesn't fit the STS class, because of
unstreetability, cost, or (lack of) longevity from being dominant.
> If yes, then I noticed the Azenis isn't on it. Sure, it doesn't win every
> time, but it sure is dominant. I'd bet that it's more dominant than Hoosiers
> are for "R" tire classes...
It's dominant because it's cheap. More people buy them for that reason, and
they can win. There are a bunch of people who feel it's not the best tire,
but darned close. Close enough that if it's on 75% of the cars competing,
it'll
win more than its share of races.
> If no, and the Azenis shouldn't be on it, then I shouldn't have to worry
> about another dominant tire showing up only to be placed on it. After all,
> there already is a dominant tire that is not excluded, why should any other
> dominant tire be? To do so would be hypocritical.
>
> Or, is it OK to have a dominant tire, as long as it's cheap? <grin>
>
> Of course, a determined maker will simply change the name of the tire every
> year and announce it as a new tire... Since putting tires on the exclusion
> list is a reactive process, by the time the STAC/SEB figures out that the
> "new" tire is just as fast as last year's "old" excluded tire, the damage
> will have already been done, just to go through the same process the next
> year.
There's nothing that states we can exclude a tire only once per year. As
soon as it's known that an expensive, holographic tread tire is dominating,
it'll
be on the list. I don't think any tire manufacturer will re-mold its tires
monthly. And if they do, I feel pretty confident that their entire product
line would be banned.
Charlie
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