[sprintracer82]

Originally Posted by Stevensville Mike Let me put myself in the shoes of the Tire Doping Cops. My job is to enforce the rules and bust the culprits. When teams go to the track, they have to purchase their RR tires there. The tires are subsequently marked and mounted. Seems simple. No time to dope. Oh, wait.... for the weekly races at tracks, no one (Hoosier, American Racer, Goodyear) are there to mount tires. My plan holds no water. Dope away, men! But for USAC races..... WoO races.... All Star races....

Forcing teams to buy tires at the track the day of the race eliminates all the small teams like mine who don't always buy new every night. I raced for 10 years on dirt and hardly had new tires. No I'm not going to win a usac race, but a new tires is the difference between me going and me staying home. Also, new tires isn't the reason why I'm not winning a usac race anyway. Even my current pavement sprintcar program doesn't have the budget to buy new every night.
Nick Landon