Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> Yeah, like a damn fool, instead of spending Memorial Day week-end doing the
>Beer
> & BBQ thing in air-conditioned comfort, I was down there racing...........One
> neat thing about your track is they put the ambient & baro on the time slips,
> just to rub it in that you are miserably hot. By the time we started
>eliminations
> it was over 100 deg & nobody could get any bite on the track. If I had known
>you
> guys were over at the circle track I would have wandered over - I sure you had
> A/C in the tower :-)
> Ed (and whatever Jim told you - it's all a lie!!!)
>
> Nafzger wrote:
>
> > Ed,
> > Were your ears burning last Saturday afternoon?? Jim and I were standing in
> > his tire building talking about racing wheels and how much fun they are to
> > have built and your name came up. Weren't you down here in the "furnace" a
> > few weeks ago on the drag strip? I was up in the control tower at the circle
> > track and probably could have watched you make a pass.
> > I realize my deal with the liner is totally different but I'm runnning the
> > wide, short 18" Mickeys on the rear and the 16,s on the front and the car
> > handles like a dream. Some people told me not to run the wide tires because
> > they would be squirrely but not so far at 290.
> > Howard
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
> > To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> > Cc: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 7:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: Goodyear racing tires & tire slippage
> >
> > > I have been using Goodyears for 8 years with good results. I initially ran
> > 8 inch
> > >
> > > Talledegas which were way too wide for LSR use on a Vette. After a bit of
> > > experimenting, I have settled into 4.5 in Frontrunners with 15x7 on the
> > rear. One
> > >
> > > important aspect often over-looked is the section width of the tire. The
> > > Talladegas
> > > had 8" wide contact patch but the tire was 12" wide. The 7" Goodyears I am
> > > running
> > > on the rear now do have 4 deep grooves in them (otherwise they're slicks)
> > & of
> > > course the Frontrunners have slight tread. I can't remember the section
> > width on
> > > the
> > > rears, but they pretty much stand straight up, unlike the Talledegas that
> > > appeared
> > > much wider than they really were. Bottom line, they have worked well for
> > me but
> > > I'm only running 215 mph (hoping to do MUCH better this year.
> > > Ed
> > > P.S Howard, my "tire guy" is Jim Doughty at Shelby, undoubtably you know
> > Jim &
> > > Patti (and Donnie)?
> > >
> > > John Beckett wrote:
> > >
> > > > Grib
> > > >
> > > > You bring up some good questions here. I have run the NASCAR style
> > Goodyear
> > > > Bonneville tires with semi successful (220 MPH in a coupe) results. Have
> > > > often wondered if the lack of any tread had any effect on the traction
> > > > situation. Bonneville unlike El-Mirage is moist and as such perhaps
> > creates
> > > > a slight hydro-planeing effect that slick tires don't react well to.
> > Have
> > > > noticed that the Goodyear Front Runner style tires that seem to work so
> > well
> > > > at Bonneville have some tread.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone had experience with treaded vs slick tires on the Salt?
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