If you can get a letter from a manufacture recommending a tire to a
certain speed the SCTA will review and most likely accept such tire to that
speed. Problem is with all the legal BS that goes on in this country
now-a-days your not likely to get any tire company to give you any such
letter. Ever see the paper work that goes along with the Mickey Thompson LSR
tires?
Perhaps it would be prudent, considering the lack of available LSR
tires, for all the associations (SCTA/USFRA/ECTA) to get together for some
type of tire testing that would attempt to fill the gap. Beg or borrow the
Burkland's or Law's tire tester. If they don't already have one design in a
load wheel for the test and see what works and what doesn't.
Goodyear tires have worked extremely well for me over the years, but I
have chucked rubber off some drag front runner's at speed, so their not
perfect, and don't always come in the size I want. Front runners also are
definitely NOT a preferred Maxton tire. Plenty safe for the speed, but won't
hold up to the abrasion of the concrete...only last about one meet if your
hard coming off the line.
Have also discovered, with our 230+ MPH bike rides at Maxton, that some
of the "allowed" bike tires are not as good as some of the "Z" rated tires.
Also some different brands seem to be better than others.
JB, #79
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Webb" <jimwebb@nutsracing.com>
To: "Land-Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: RE: tire test
> Rex,
>
> Thanks a lot for sharing the results of the tire test with everyone on the
> list. I am curious if Dan Warner or any of the other SCTA officials have
any
> comment on this test. I realize it is a sample of one, but I tend to
believe
> that high performance DOT rated tires have come a long way in technolgy in
> the last 15-20 years. I still cannot understand how unrated Front Runner
> drag tires are acceptable, but Z or V rated tires are not really accepted
> over about 180. Now I read that the bike guys are running their ZR tires
> into the 250 range and spinning them to boot.
>
> Is there any study that could be conducted that would change the SCTA
scale
> on tires and speed?
>
> Just wondering...
>
> Jim Webb
> jimwebb@nutsracing.com
> Chock Full o' Nuts
> #527 A/PP 193.402 2002
> B/PP 190.967 2002
> A/PP 172.695 2001
> (who has 4 new Goodyear 300mph-rated LSR tires to make the inspectors love
> me in August)
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