Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - AFS Badger Midget Series Tire Policy Announced

Ray3 (Offline)
#3 4/30/22 3:06 PM

Originally Posted by Spfld Kid:
1. How does allowing a tire change for a heat race help with tire conservation? While USAC just had the same tire all night recently.

2. If you can buy one right rear per race from BADGER, then why are you doing this?

3. Does any compound mean chili bowl tires that are not only softer, but also have a wider footprint allowed to? And, is that the reason you can change tires for the heat race, so the few that have these tires can keep them fresh for the feature?

After thought on that question is aren't chili bowl tires bigger in diameter than most right rears? If so, some more left rear tires will be needed to achieve correct stagger. How does that help with the conservation effort?

I think you need to know the totality of the circumstances to understand the decisions being made. Badger members who attend the meetings know the circumstances. This is the only way to go at this time. Also, notice this will be assessed on a monthly basis. Things will most likely change as time goes on.

In business when manufacturers go on what is called "allocation" or "managed order files" it is not easy on anyone including the manufacturer.

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