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Posted By Tony Barhorst
The open tire rule was only an idea that I floated here. I won't tend to discuss decisions like this on the internet, but felt that this was an interesting topic that really would be a plus to air in public.
This is the first time in my ten years promoting indoor races that the tire question even came up. I wanted to do this in a way to save teams money. When the outdoor tire idea did not get the reviews from teams that I wanted, I looked for a compromise, and Hoosier made it possible.
The problem with the open tire rule is: You have some teams with new indoor tires, and some without. That would still not be the best answer.
In regard to the time trials, I decided to change back to running the time trials. In the two years that we ran time trials, I didn't get a good comment one way or another. Now we know it is pretty popular.
You won't see many more decisions like this being made in public. They are sometimes like sausage being made...not a pretty process.
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