[TPR] Tires for 200 Mph?

[David in Durango]

Afirmative.  Don't recommend mowing grass, either.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TPR" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
To: "David in Durango" <adin at frontier.net>; <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Tires for 200 Mph?


> Was that when you mowed the grass in Arnold with your spoiler?
>
> Oh I do remember that. ;-)
> It was the day Tom "Gladiator" Di Iulio and I slept in and you said GET UP 
> YOU SLACKERS....in spite of us sleeping in you did us proud at the One 
> Mile Shoot Out.
>
>
> David in Durango <adin at frontier.net> wrote:
>
>>When I ran the Sandhills Mile the car had been modified by an agricultural
>>excursion resulting in little or no chin spoiler.  The ride to 150 was
>>thrillling.  If you are running with rear downforce it will be worse.
>>But then a wheelie at 179mph would BE bitchin' . . . .
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "TPR" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
>>To: <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 7:31 PM
>>Subject: [TPR] Tires for 200 Mph?
>>
>>
>>> 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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