Ed,
We ran at the old Speedway Park in Albuquerque, N.M. on Sat. night and only
made the trip to Manzy one time.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com>
To: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
Cc: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; "'Glen Barrett'"
<speedtimer@charter.net>; "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>; "land
speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: GT40 spinner
> Howard;
> Just out of curiosity, were you running at Manzanita back then?
> Spent a bit of time there then.....
> Ed
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:38:39 -0700
> >From: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
> >Subject: Re: GT40 spinner
> >To: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>, "'Glen Barrett'"
> <speedtimer@charter.net>, "Dan Warner"
> <dwarner@electrorent.com>, "land speed"
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> >
> >Neil,
> >Way back in the 60's when I was crew chief on a super
> modified on a 1/2 mile
> >dirt, if the track was still sloppy for qualifying and the
> trophy Dash, we
> >would put on a set of Firestone 900 x 15 mud and snow tires.
> We won some
> >trophy dashes that way but I don't think we ever tried them
> on a tacky or
> >dry track. I guess we just never thought about it or were
> afraid to throw a
> >race away to find out.
> >Howard Nafzger
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
> >To: "'Glen Barrett'" <speedtimer@charter.net>; "Dan Warner"
> ><dwarner@electrorent.com>; "land speed"
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:23 PM
> >Subject: RE: GT40 spinner
> >
> >
> >> Glen;
> >>
> >> You've brought up a good point-- perhaps it is a loose salt
> (dust) layer
> >on
> >> top of the hard salt that is the problem instead of water.
> If this is the
> >> case, the higher unit loading (pounds per square inch of
> tire contact area
> >> on the surface) of a narrow tire could possibly get a
> better "grip" on the
> >> solid underlying layer of salt than a wider one one that
> only skated
> >across
> >> the loose surface.
> >>
> >> You may have something there. I recall that in the early
> days of the
> >Pikes'
> >> Peak hillclimb, cars using narrower tires seemed to get a
> better grip in
> >the
> >> loose gravel surface. I guess they simply dug themselves a
> groove in the
> >> gravel rather than slide sideways across the top. Maybe
> something similar
> >is
> >> happening on the salt?
> >>
> >> If something won't work, it won't work. I would like to
> understand why,
> >> though. As the old saying goes "If theory and observation
> do not agree,
> >> double check your observations-- and if they are correct,
> come up with a
> >new
> >> theory."
> >>
> >> Are there any dirt- track guys out there who would care to
> comment?
> >>
> >> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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