Originally Posted by Chief Wahoo:
It’s not cheating if the series allows it.
You are absolutely correct Wahoo.
On the other hand, USAC rules do NOT allow tire treatment, yet I know for a fact that most top USAC sprint car teams are indeed treating their tires for USAC shows and others................so who is really cheating???
Like my mother always said, the pot shouldn't call the kettle black.
While Chief Wahoo makes a fair point regarding cheating (and I checked MSCS rules on the site to be sure they didn’t explicitly disallow tire tampering), why have a tire rule if you can alter said spec tire? It seems like a solid assumption that the intent of the rule is to have an unaltered spec tire. After all, spec tires are supposed to ‘level the playing field.’ If the purpose of the tire rule is $$ from Hoosier, make it a 4-corner Hoosier rule and let guys mount 10s or 12s or whatever they want. With the caveat that I did not hear Leary’s interview, I can 100% see how a spec tire rule which allows ‘anything goes’ regarding prepping that tire would make a team racing on unaltered tires upset.
Originally Posted by JordanBlanton:
While Chief Wahoo makes a fair point regarding cheating (and I checked MSCS rules on the site to be sure they didn’t explicitly disallow tire tampering), why have a tire rule if you can alter said spec tire? It seems like a solid assumption that the intent of the rule is to have an unaltered spec tire. After all, spec tires are supposed to ‘level the playing field.’ If the purpose of the tire rule is $$ from Hoosier, make it a 4-corner Hoosier rule and let guys mount 10s or 12s or whatever they want. With the caveat that I did not hear Leary’s interview, I can 100% see how a spec tire rule which allows ‘anything goes’ regarding prepping that tire would make a team racing on unaltered tires upset.
It's very ironic that someone such as CJ Leary would bring up the issue of tire prepping, maybe we should pull up the test from the USAC race at Ocala this year, the night he won, and really dissect what that test said. As someone else said hard for the pot to call the kettle black and act like you are an innocent party.
Originally Posted by Dougherty20:
You are absolutely correct Wahoo.
On the other hand, USAC rules do NOT allow tire treatment, yet I know for a fact that most top USAC sprint car teams are indeed treating their tires for USAC shows and others................so who is really cheating???
Like my mother always said, the pot shouldn't call the kettle black.
Do you know this for a fact, or just rumors? Not saying you don't, just wondering who and when?
