Originally Posted by 3Cfan:
Not a technical guy by any means, but can throw out an occasional what if. What if a team used doped tires for qualifying and heat races to improve their starting position for the feature, and then used a legal tire during feature. They would never be caught.
There have been times in recent years that USAC has teched tires at the scales after qualifying. The most notable night this happened was the night Brackett's tire failed after he set quick time.