In a message dated 03/03/2003 11:01:39 AM Central Standard Time,
BillB@bnj.com writes:
> Subj:RE: New Dunlop Radial race tire
> Date:03/03/2003 11:01:39 AM Central Standard Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:BillB@bnj.com";>BillB@bnj.com</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:rgk@flash.net";>rgk@flash.net</A>, <A
>HREF="mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</A>
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> New sounds good, though if you've ever run on the old Dunlops you'll be a
> little cautious. The old compound made tire wear a non-issue. I have a set
> with ten races on them that are indistinguishable from new. They also make
> going fast a non-issue. The best I could do on them at PIR was more than
> five seconds slower on a track that Peyote turns 1:31 on with Hoosiers.
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Bill:
I have had the same experience with DUNLOPS as well, but I continue to use
them anyway. They look so damn'd BRITISH. Two years ago I won a set of
HOOSIERS in a USRRC race. I could never get them to 'seat' on my original
ARW Silverstones, so I mounted them on the THUNDER BOLT's PANASPORTS. I only
ran them two or three times. They were much stickier, and hence MUCH faster.
I traded them to DON BRICK for a pair of used DUNLOPS. BRICK loves the
HOOSIERS, and now catches and passes me (in a milder prepared car). Of
course, he's a better driver.
Bill Dentinger
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