Dick; I used to run frontrunners and never had any reason to fault them. The
drag ones. I loaned mine to Bob Dalton to use on his liner and he went 307
and bought the tires and wheels from me. That said, if I was buying tires
today, I think I would buy the frontrunners made for LSR, which were not
available at the time I am speaking of. There must be some difference.
I I guess I will be replacing my Flame Out fire bottle soon. Know anybody
who needs a antique fire system cheap? Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; "'John Beckett'"
<saltracer@servusa.com>
Cc: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 09:34 AM
Subject: RE: Tires
> Neil,
> I had read all of that too, and figured Goodyear Frontrunners were a
no-no, and sold the ones I had. Then I got to Bonneville (running different
tires) and found a whole slew of some very fast cars running Frontrunners
both front and rear. I talked to the owners and verified that they were in
fact, drag racing front runners and not LSR tires. These guys had been
running these tires well into the 200s for years and had never had a bit of
bad luck. One had even tried some other tires earlier in the day, and
switched back - - he earned his red hat at that meet too - - on four of
those drag racing front runners. Like you, I figured - - - you can't argue
with success. Having run at Maxton quite a few times, I think the beating
there might be a little much for those tires, especially on the rear, so I
have "V" and "Z" tires for Maxton, but I think I will be running four
Frontrunners at Bonneville.
>
> DIck J in East Texas
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