[TPR] wheels

[steve at donegan.org]

The rule book says as good or better than what was delivered on the car. In the case of the Pantera that was H rated tires which I believe were the best in 1972. However we all know the Pantera can go darned fast - and thus Tech will require Z rated rubber I believe... So while this is a case of the rules not really being 'fair' it is a safety thing and frankly I think it's a good thing... I have read the rules a bunch and see no issue with wheel spacers - but Eric or Steve Mott can likely remove all doubt. As always last Sunday was a blast! September may find me running with my Neice as naviguesser :-)
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Steven Donegan
SSCC/NORC Car #86
www.sscc.us



--- On Thu, 5/19/11, asajay at asajay.com <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> From: asajay at asajay.com <asajay at asajay.com>
> Subject: Re: [TPR] wheels
> To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 8:54 PM
> I didn't mean to touch a nerve here,
> I think we're all for gaining a  
> competitive advantage, and I think we'd all agree if it's
> in the rule  
> book we'll stick to it but if it isn't can you really fail
> me for it?
> 
> The trouble we have in this instance, is there are some
> things Pantera  
> owners have found out aren't in the rule book at SSCC but
> will fail  
> you anyway.  One such item is that the rule book
> indicates the minimum  
> speed rating for the tires on your Pantera must be H
> rated.  But we  
> have several people who can tell you first hand, they were
> failed at  
> tech because they showed up with "Rule Book legal"
> tires.  Tech wants  
> to see V or higher.
> 
> So when it comes to the spacers, we just want to be sure.
> 
> If I've taken this too far, my apologies.  Let's get
> back to racing.
> :)
> Asa Jay
> 
> Quoting "michael at michaelshortt.com"
> <michaelsavga at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Geez, all those years wasted trying to get a few
> things past  NASCAR, NHRA
> > and SCCA Tech inspectors....
> >
> > never safety items, in fact, they made use remove
> extra bracing once because
> > ( the part time inspector , full time postal worker )
> > thought he knew more than the aeronautical engineer on
> my crew who put the
> > braces on to start with.
> >
> > It is what it is.........
> >
> > If it isn't in the rules, then it should be OK, the
> great thing about A, B (
> > old days ) C and D sports racing cars in that those
> classes have the fewest
> > rules
> >
> > I designed, built, installed  and THEN had to
> remove moveable surface rear
> > wings in the 1980's, the EXACT same thing that is now
> allowed in Formula
> > One.
> >
> > It doesn't always pay to be ahead of the pack.
> >
> > Michael
> 
> 
> 
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