While I know your intentions are good, Don, changing the tires and especially the offset(on dirt anyway) will do little to nothing for the budget racer except cause more crashes which will in turn cost more money. The same drivers and mechanics that win now would win if you changed the tires because they know how to make their cars work. Therefore, change something that matters where there is a lot of disparity between the haves and the have nots. If you want to have a chassis set-up seminar for people like yourself then do that to close the knowledge gap but don't change the tires. Changing the tires will not change how fast they go down the straightaway!! The other gap that matters most is engines and how fast they are developing more HP. The haves are producing engines that are closing in on 400HP. The have nots are stuck with engines that make, in some cases, 30-50HP less!! The have nots cannot afford to have multiple engines and refresh them every couple races and they cannot afford to buy newly developed engines every other year.

BTW changing the rev limit on the engines would not cost a thing. I don't see how USAC could make the Esslinger run the same rev limit as a push rod motor. I have not seen one post where someone has said that. I'm sure they would have a rev limit for the push rod and one for the Esslinger. And I would hope they would put a top Esslinger, Toyota, Mopar and even a Gaerte on the dyno to determine the proper rev limit instead of just picking a number out of the air. This would help alleviate the need for rebuilds every couple races due to the lower stress level on the parts and increase reliability.