The tire rule was implemented to help save the teams money. The tires were very soft and had a ton of grip, therefore wearing out quickly, hurting the quality of the racing, and rubbering up racetracks. Teams were bolting on fresh rubber every time the car hit the track.
There was an interview with Kenny Jacobs in Sprint car and Midget were he talked about it. He basically said the smaller teams couldn't compete because the WoO teams went out with 4 fresh tires every time they hit the track. I know this is the wing side but that's what I remember as the argument for spec tires. With that being said I don't see why you can't have a spec tire from two manufacturers to help with cost. |
I always thought that was the tin tops and the Atlas Bucrons that caused all the fuss, they were super soft, I had a friend who was using them, and they asked him to quit, which he did.
OMG, that was the early 60s, I was in DC, serving my country, and working part time at a gas ⛽station in Virginia, just across from the pentagon, and shipping tires down here, cause we had plenty, no wonder no one knows what I'm talking about. |
Even at the local level, the top teams have new rear tires on every night. While I’d be a proponent of open competition on a tire rule, I’d be a bigger proponent of randomly testing tires at the local level.
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I remember a former Lawrenceburg champion who ran a Goodyear on the RR and Hoosier on the left rear and had American Racers on the front. almost every race.
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That he won on American racers. The NWO has had a hoosier rule for about five years now. But he did open it up to all compounds due to tire shortages
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