I saw the same that you discribe at a Hankook racing tire.
Hankook said that was a production error.
The tire wasn't cleaned before he got the thread pattern.
The new set of tires he got was okay...that splitting never came up again.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Frye" <henry@henryfrye.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:26 PM
Subject: [FOT] Speedster update
> I called Mike Kraemer at Hoosier this morning and left a voice mail with
> my issue. He called me back within a couple hours, I again explained
> what I found and what pressures I am using.
>
> He said they have not heard of this happening, I am the first case. He
> said they want the tire back for examination, and since I am a couple
> towns from Hoosier Tire East, I will deliver it to them.
>
> They are replacing the tire at no cost, which I think is certainly fair.
> I asked Mike to keep me in the loop as to what they find, which he
> assured me he would do.
>
> So, Hoosier is doing the right thing by me, let's just hope this is an
> isolated incident.
>
> I'll publish a link to some pictures of the tire when I get them posted.
> I would certainly recommend making sure SOMEBODY at your race has a
> spare Speedster on hand if someone should need it...
>
>
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