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Originally Posted by bert digler
this is a great idea schuey blues they would last easy a meeting  what about one set to last the whole day except a finalist who get a new set for legs 2 and three  |
I like the idea of this ...... 1 set per meeting for the nominated "dry" and "wet" tires, I think it would help with costs overall as there would be no point in using huge power that would just rip the tires apart in the first run! I think you would need to say 1 set of each during competition, +1 for the A guys, (so people could use part worns in practice) in order to give the tires a chance to last at all.
That would be a good thing for most tracks except the rare ones like Ledbury where you can race all day on a set and they still look like new .... no idea how many meetings you'd get out of a set there .... maybe 4 or 5.
One of the things I find most striking talking to our friends across the pond (mainly for Kyosho related information) is that they get quite a few meetings out of a set of tires on their club tracks ...... I had our tire wear situation described as "crazy" by one guy who has been over here to race.
Tires, more particularly wear, were my main concern in coming back to 1/10th from rallycross. I have tires that have run an entire national season in plus club events that I would still be happy to mount up at any event again! I think over 3 years I only used about 5 sets of one type, 3 sets of another and 4 sets of a 3rd tire type. I think I have a couple of sets of "oddball" tires that were supplied as controls at specific events.
If we think about it as average number of events a set it would be about 4 - 5 meetings / set ..... many still with life in them as I say.
I have spoken to quite a few people recntly who sight tire costs equal with travelling costs as reasons not to make the step up from club to regionals .... there must be a similar number who have similar feelings about the step from regionals to nationals.
I do agree with Chris and Dan though that considering where the rest of our rules direct us too the current tire rule is going to be difficult to improve upon without compromising the cost / competativeness ratio too much.
Just goes to show how well developed the 1/10th OR rules are and how well guided the section has been over the last couple of decades.