In a message dated 12/16/99 6:45:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, brian@uunet.ca
writes:
<< This is the season to discuss such issues - my suggestion is to steer the
debate towards inclusiveness, and to creating communities of interest that
support uniform rules, rather than creating more differences between our
standards. >>
Brian:
I agree whole-heartedly. While I favor radials as my car's already set up
for them, I'll live with whatever is decided...BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
KEEP CHANGING TO RUN WITH VARIOUS ORGANZIATIONS.
To me, CONSISTENCY (among racing organizations) is a far higher priority than
AUTHENTICITY when it comes to tires. If you want to see what one of these
cars looks like on old tires, go to a museum. I'm out there to RACE the
car...and for me, modern DOT radials are a safer, more reasonable approach
for many reasons.
On a related note, I've been doing some research on racing Lotus Cortina's.
EVERY PHOTO I've found show that NONE OF THE CARS EVER RACED WITH OUTSIDE
REAR VIEW MIRRORS. I suppose, if we're being authentic, WE SHOULD ALSO BAN
OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS!! Time to get real, folks....quit worrying about
what tires are AUTHENTIC and just go have fun!
Myles H. Kitchen
1965 Lotus (are we supposed to look in those mirrors?) Cortina Mk1 #128
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