[DeTomaso] Tire Tech
Ken Green
kenn_green at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 20 12:21:31 EDT 2008
When I first heard that story I thought it was a Lamborghini. The scary thing is that there are a lot of very fast Ferraris and Lamborghinis that are almost never driven, and the tires may be several years old. So they have a speed potential that may far surpass their safe tire speed.
Ken
--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
From: Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tire Tech
To: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 11:15 PM
Rumor has it he sued the event for letting him run with those tires. They first
said no, then he said he'd go slow, they said OK, he went fast, crashed and
sued. Same guy?
Peter Kovacs
Property Equity & Mortgage Mgmt
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209 523-4919 fx
----- Original Message ----
From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 11:38:11 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Tire Tech
Asa Jay -
NOt trying to pour salt on a wound, but that tire speed rating is a rather
well known requirement. I think it was the Dawg himself who explained why -
a few years ago someone in a Testa Rossa ran with tires suitable for his
Speed class, but below the capability of the car. He went out and exceded
his tech speed for an extended period and his tires gave out. They exploded,
he drove into the side of a mountain and killed his co-driver/wife, if I
remember correctly.
Basically, they want you protected. If you car can do 160, then your tires
need to be able to do 160 even if you SAY you won't drive that fast.
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