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Re: OK to patch a race tire?

To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: OK to patch a race tire?
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:45:37 -0400 (EDT)
Howdy,

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Jason Liao wrote:
> I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now.  Today I just found out one of my
> Kumho V700s picked up a little nail in the center of the tread.  Can
> someone tell me if it's safe to patch a race tire, or is this tire pretty
> much trash?  I've only got one event on the set.

You probably already got this info, but I've successfully plugged both DOT
and non-DOT (slicks) punctures.  Works fine for autox.  I dunno if I'd
trust it for track events, but it seems like on DOT tires it'd probably be
ok as well.

Mark

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