Quote Originally Posted by ShadowBolt View Post
Can't we come up with some kind of answer for he tire issue? There are a lot of smart people that race in NASA. Someway there has to be an answer. Can NASA not put pressure on Toyo for a longer lasting tire?

JJ
The R&D time required for a new longer lasting tire would likely take longer than we are willing to wait. I think one of NASA’s solution to this problem would be for us to go to the two race per weekend format. Half the races, half the tire expense. I don’t think anyone in our region wants that
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So what’s the solution? What if we all agree to go to RA1s only?

We could even take it further and limit the number of tires you can buy in one season. This would add another factor to the overall racing strategy. What tires to qualify with? How much do you shave the tires? Do you use the older tires for inverts? Should you plan race drops based on how your tires are holding up? Lots of different variables.

Now here’s the problem. Let’s say we have a six or seven race weekend season and we get three sets of tires and two backups for a total of fourteen tires. How do we police the number of tires each person gets? And how do you stop someone from using their rains when it kinda looked like it might rain during the race?

I think I just pissed off someone at Toyo

Just some thoughts

Anyone…?