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Problem Statement: Non Wing Sprint Car Tires become unusable too fast and cost too much.
Reasoning:
1) Right Rear tires are blistering more than ever. As soon as a tire block overheats and blisters, the tire becomes unusable. This happens most often at tracks bigger than 1/4 mile. (Hint: Look at Robert Ballou's tire from Missouri xtreme race).
2) While we're still on spec tires, it seems as though they do not last near as long as they used to. Today, a brand new tire ran in a 25-30 lap main event will be deemed too used to flip. Rendering it useless.
3) Tire costs have gone up approximately $50 (22%) per tire in two years. Sprint car teams likely wear out 1-3 tires (LR and RR Included) per race. Bigger tracks will likely wear out more. Therefore just to cover a tire cost on a bad tire night, the team has to bring in $750. To bring home $750 on a local night means you run 2-3rd. In USAC that's roughly 11th place.
Potential Solutions: Limit Tire use, Reduce Tire Prices, Provide better quality tires, induce competition, or reduce horsepower.
If nothing happens: Less teams will afford to race. With what is provided today, my $.02 says all big tracks will struggle with car count this year, just because they can't afford to lose tires like this.
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Last edited by spankytoo; 4/14/22 at 1:49 PM.
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