Jim Hayes wrote:
> Amen, brother!
> Bring back the good old days when the drivers were fat and the tires
> were skinny!
> Jim
> (Exactly the same weight as F. Gonzalez when he won Ferrari's first GP
> victory!)
>
> SGHT@aol.com wrote:
> > We are stressing our cars way beyond their designs with new technologies,
> > "sticky" tires and riding on "aged" parts.
> > Sam Turner
> > Small Bucks Racing
> > Rochester, NY
>
> --
> Jim Hayes Fotec/Cable U
> hayes@mediaone.net http://www.CableU.net
> jeh@fotec.com http://www.fotec.com/
> All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false!
It does bring up the issue of tire size/originality/legality etc.
I've become a little less of a stickler for originality in the last few years
but... Since seeing the Flounder's RRB Sprite at Mosport and seeing the number
of Sprites etc. on Hoosiers which looks to be damn near a slick, I'm glad that
we, up here at VARAC mandate (at club events but not the Festival) that
Sprites etc. use Dunlop L section bias ply racing tires or equivalent.
At least the 4.5 tread width should tax the suspension less than most other
tires...there is a bunch of good reason for originality regulations - this may
be the single most important one... our own safety.
Mike (proudly racing on L section Dunlops) Rosen
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