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Amici...
Bob Wismer and I used Dunlops on our race cars for years and years. We lik=
ed the way they looked (very 'proper'), and we were cheap. Like you said, =
"...they never wear out." We used to get nearly ten events out of a set. =
They got hard, but we used to use a 'softener'. That turned out to be more=
trouble than it was worth. Then towards the end of our racing careers, Du=
nlops became hard to get. They never seemed to be available when we needed=
them, so we started using other tires. Those other tires never looked "pr=
oper". But we were big fans of Dunlop.=20
In the early 1980s you could get Dunlop "GUM BALLS". They were very,very s=
ticky but wore out quickly. Well funded racers practiced on standard Dunlo=
ps, and then ran the Gum Balls for the feature race. Then I heard that a c=
ouple of museum pieces over in England had been brought out for competition=
, they ran on the Gum Balls and had suspension failures, with catastrophic =
results. It was decided that the Gum Balls were way too sticky for 'vintage=
' race cars. So Dunlop stopped making them. =20
Bill Dentinger
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From: Bill Babcock <ponobill@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Snook <jeffsnook01@gmail.com>
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Sent: Sun, May 29, 2016 12:24 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] SVRA & Tires
Speedsters aren=E2=80=99t really radials. At least they didn=E2=80=99t used=
to be. Kind of semi-radials. I=E2=80=99m not a big fan of Dunlops. Lots of=
opportunities for body damage. People who are really used to them and have=
their car set up for them say they give lots of warning. I=E2=80=99ve neve=
r fowund that to be true. One moment racer, next moment passenger. Not chea=
p either, and they get hard fast. Of course they never wear out=E2=80=94min=
e are as hard as rollerblade wheels.=20
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<div>Bob Wismer and I used Dunlops on our race cars for years and years.&nb=
sp; We liked the way they looked (very 'proper'), and we were cheap. =
Like you said, "...they never wear out." We used to get nearly ten ev=
ents out of a set. They got hard, but we used to use a 'softener'.&nb=
sp; That turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. Then t=
owards the end of our racing careers, Dunlops became hard to get. =
; They never seemed to be available when we needed them, so we started usin=
g other tires. Those other tires never looked "proper". But we =
were big fans of Dunlop. </div>
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<div>In the early 1980s you could get Dunlop "GUM BALLS". They were v=
ery,very sticky but wore out quickly. Well funded racers practiced on=
standard Dunlops, and then ran the Gum Balls for the feature race. T=
hen I heard that a couple of museum pieces over in England had been br=
ought out for competition, they ran on the Gum Balls and had=
suspension failures, with catastrophic results. It was decided t=
hat the Gum Balls were way too sticky for 'vintage' race cars. S=
o Dunlop stopped making them. </div>
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