[TPR] Tires for 200 Mph?

[John Bentley]

Well, since you are a celebrity, you get all the top guys wrenching on your stuff. Lucky DaWG!  I was in Burlington Kansas yesterday and blew a nose gear tire so don't use Goodyear flight special II's!

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On Aug 1, 2013, at 6:31 PM, TPR <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dawg Report
>   Saturday Mr. Russ Fulps will be doing a engine leak down check on my 200 Mph Pantera, checking valve train, spring pressures etc at Mr. Dick Drenske's shop who will check my chassis, suspension and make sure I am ready 4 weeks in advance to Silverstate.
> 
> Gonna pull out intake ears and pull off side mirrors and run with no front air dam. 
> 
> I have to make a decision on what 200 mph tires I need for September if I am gonna run 200+ passing Mark, Rich, AJ, and JB next month. Yea someine has gots to do it. ;-)
> 
> Limited choices here in nonrace tires but MICHELIN  and CONTINENTAL tires both have tires that will work for me althouh because they are only Y ated I quess I will be forced to run less then 200 mph again ;-(
> 
> Of course if I was Rowdy or AJ I could just run V rated tires right? Okay just kidding...haha
> 
> The two models that are Y (186 MPH) rated tires that fit my wheels thar will pass tech but should not ever go 200 mph unless I am driving but the rear tires  are 27" tall tires ...so were these the tires on Charlies race car????
> 
> Michelin Super Sport or Michelin Pilot A/S 3's) in 
> 245/45/17 fronts
> 285/40/18 rears or;
> 
> CONTINENTAL Extreme Contact DW's also are 245/45/17 fronts with 285/40/18 fronts...
> 
> I'll miss my BFG tractor tires that did go 200 mph in sun, rain, ice, and snow and still look new but 
> 
> IL Duce
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