Goodyear Tires and the Eastern swing.

Seadog · 6/11/08, 3:34 PM

Did USAC allow the sprint cars to run on Goodyears during the Eastern swing?

Chris Economacki's column this week had this:

Quote:

The sprint-car gentry advised their $200 right-rear
Goodyears lasted only one night,
while the midgeteers said they got
far more usage out of their spec $140
right-rear Hoosiers. You do the math.

Is he wrong about this?

6/11/08, 5:32 PM

I saw a pic of Lucas Wolfe's car with Goodyear tires on it...

http://greggobst.smugmug.com/gallery...08663713_ZFkT5

Pic by Gregg Obst

ThrottleHead · 6/11/08, 5:42 PM

Isn't USAC's rule DT-3 on RR and everything else is open?

6/11/08, 5:47 PM

Lucas, Chris Bonneau & I ran the LR's. The DT-3 Hoosier is required on the RR. Chris Economaki saw ours at Grandview & commented on them while hanging by our trailer. We had 93", 95" and 97" LRs that came in 050 or 100 compounds. We ran mostly 95" 050 or 97" 100, worked great.

Bob
www.bobream.com

6/11/08, 5:32 PM	#2 Re: Goodyear Tires and the Eastern swing.
Turn 2 Posts: n/a	I saw a pic of Lucas Wolfe's car with Goodyear tires on it... http://greggobst.smugmug.com/gallery...08663713_ZFkT5 Pic by Gregg Obst

6/11/08, 5:42 PM	#3 Re: Goodyear Tires and the Eastern swing.
ThrottleHead Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,150	Isn't USAC's rule DT-3 on RR and everything else is open?

6/11/08, 5:47 PM	#4 Re: Goodyear Tires and the Eastern swing.
8bullet Posts: n/a	Lucas, Chris Bonneau & I ran the LR's. The DT-3 Hoosier is required on the RR. Chris Economaki saw ours at Grandview & commented on them while hanging by our trailer. We had 93", 95" and 97" LRs that came in 050 or 100 compounds. We ran mostly 95" 050 or 97" 100, worked great. Bob www.bobream.com