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1/29/17, 1:13 AM | #11 | |
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1/29/17, 2:00 AM | #12 | ||
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Personally, I am a fan. 1) the medium is hard enough to get about 65-70 good laps out of it as long as it doesn't take rubber or get too abrasive 2) without a mandated tire that isn't terribly soft like a rd12, big teams would be running rd12's and it is difficult to compete when they are using brand new RD12s 3) it's one less setup variable for new teams. Essentially with an open tire rule, big teams would buy softer tires and change them more often, thus having both newer and softer tires. Right now those teams just have newer tires.
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1/29/17, 3:55 AM | #13 | ||
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I am not a fan and here's my opinion.
They are not sponsoring me, or giving me any kind of incentive to run that tire. It cost me more money and honestly I don't like someone telling me what I can and can't do on my race car. Now, does it stop me from going to these race tracks. Sometimes, sometimes not. |
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1/29/17, 12:06 PM | #14 | ||
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We can have a tire that meets a certain hardness. But till one brand is sponsoring me I think we should have a choice. Hoosier medium or American Racer mc2. Because I have to foot the bill. And there is a difference in price.
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1/29/17, 12:25 PM |
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1/29/17, 1:52 PM |
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I like what I see so far, it is nice to see others opinions on tire rules. I said before I think this is something that needs discussed to me it seems to come up in conversations a lot but no one seems to want to discuss it in a public forum. I personally would like to see all the tracks in Indiana either go to an open tire rule or (I still don't like it but it is better than all 4) back to a Right rear only rule. BOSS has an great average car count and I think had 17 full time cars follow and travel with them and I believe it had a lot to do with the open tire rule.
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1/29/17, 4:21 PM |
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Maybe in War, In USAC it has to be allowed by officials and then if you don't have one on you, you probably can't get it at the track.
Most track websites that have a tire rule only list the Hoosier Medium. Not at all arguing, I just wondered why they can't choose other than a tire guaranteed to wear out for the feature for those knowing it will. They want to race tomorrow night or next week too.
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1/29/17, 4:37 PM | #19 | ||
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The Medium is plenty hard in most instances unless a track takes rubber, in which case no tire is hard enough.
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1/29/17, 7:29 PM |
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Most people won't even run the Hoosier Hard tire,because once you get heat in it and say during a feature and a caution comes out and the tire cools off it then seals over and your on a freight train to the back. I've run the Medium in some pretty bad track conditions and have yet to have one not make it to the finish of the race.
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