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I was talking to an individual the other day about a new series and tire rules. He made a statement that they were discussing the use of DOT tires for the series, I told them I was dead against it, here's why..
The rich guys are going to buy new rubber, shave it to minimum spec, and burn up the same amount of tires as with race rubber. The poor guy, is going to buy those same tires, not shave them so they'd last, run slow and by the time the tires got down to a decent tread depth they would be heat cycled out anyway, which makes him still slow.
Not only that but quality DOT tires are as expensive as race rubber these days..well, some race rubber anyway, IMO there's no reason to run DOT tires unless the manufacturer is going to throw money at the series.
In fact, I would force everyone to run some $600/set, 15 inch, bias ply late model stock car tires on 10 inch wide Basset steel wheels, pretty much cutting the cost of the set by 2/3rds.
If they complain about brakes, Outlaw, Wilwood and others make great brakes for short track cars that will take a beating and fit in a 15 inch wheel, using a 12 inch rotor.
The rich guys are going to buy new rubber, shave it to minimum spec, and burn up the same amount of tires as with race rubber. The poor guy, is going to buy those same tires, not shave them so they'd last, run slow and by the time the tires got down to a decent tread depth they would be heat cycled out anyway, which makes him still slow.
Not only that but quality DOT tires are as expensive as race rubber these days..well, some race rubber anyway, IMO there's no reason to run DOT tires unless the manufacturer is going to throw money at the series.
In fact, I would force everyone to run some $600/set, 15 inch, bias ply late model stock car tires on 10 inch wide Basset steel wheels, pretty much cutting the cost of the set by 2/3rds.
If they complain about brakes, Outlaw, Wilwood and others make great brakes for short track cars that will take a beating and fit in a 15 inch wheel, using a 12 inch rotor.