Thread: Tire Dopers
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3/25/22, 12:02 PM   #105
Re: Tire Dopers
Midget98
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Originally Posted by deadhorse30 View Post
The tire rule was implemented to help save the teams money. The tires were very soft and had a ton of grip, therefore wearing out quickly, hurting the quality of the racing, and rubbering up racetracks. Teams were bolting on fresh rubber every time the car hit the track.

There was an interview with Kenny Jacobs in Sprint car and Midget were he talked about it. He basically said the smaller teams couldn't compete because the WoO teams went out with 4 fresh tires every time they hit the track. I know this is the wing side but that's what I remember as the argument for spec tires.

With that being said I don't see why you can't have a spec tire from two manufacturers to help with cost.
The simple solution to this is have a 1 RR per event rule. You run the same RR tire in qualifying, heat, and feature. If you pick one that's too soft, you won't make it to the end. No need to worry about doping, grooving, siping, brand, or anything else. Mark or scan the tire before going out to qualify and check after heats and feature. All of this talk about saving money always makes me laugh. $50k+ engines with $10k+ rebuilds several times per season, $400k+ haulers with multiple spare cars stacked up top, and we're worried about saving some tire money? Hoosier has literally bought their tire monopoly by openly bribing tracks and sanctioning bodies. I have no proof, but it wouldn' surprise me one bit if there was kickback money that wasn't seen or publicized too. No single supplier, spec compound, or doping rule was ever needed to fix the tire problem you described above. A simple one per night rule would have fixed it immediately.
 
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