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Originally Posted by Hamby454
Exactly, this and the lack of information presented from the beginning are what raised the eyebrows. They could not test the same samples 4 different times and consider that a fair test. It’s also not fair to go back at a later date and request more samples from the teams. This is, and will remain a dark cloud. Frankly the only way to truly know is to test every car in the A-main. No series will pay for those test. What if of all the cars n the field only those 4 test came back bad. Would the tune be different then. What if they did dq them and awarded say 4th place the win. After 2 weeks you can’t ask to check the tires he had in at Ocala so what if he was illegal. The simple fix is a durometer on all lr and rr tires before qualifying, heats, and features. Then take samples from the top 10 after each feature and send off the top 3. If you get back bad results you already have samples from the next guy in line to send off for testing. Unfortunately tires can’t be a grey area. It has to be black and white. Doesn’t matter if the lab screwed the pooch or not. Every tire went to the same lab so something was different. If the lab isn’t reputable get a new lab and stick with them. All of f this should be common knowledge. The crickets that surrounded this is what raised the eyebrows.
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I think you are on the right track. As a matter of fact if you durometer each time a car goes on the track(except hot laps) then it shouldnt matter what they put on their tires as long as they test within the specified range of hardness/softness. No testing required.