[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 82, Issue 5-Race Tires
RCBSONS1 at aol.com
RCBSONS1 at aol.com
Thu May 5 12:05:36 EDT 2011
I was talking to my buddy from custom alignment
yesterday at cruise night (275 cars.. broke the record)
He is a hired gun mechanic for the Ford Gt's that are
running in the American Le Mans circuit
There are four tire companies competing against each other
His team needs to have someone with the tire rack at all
times when they are at the track.. when they are done for
the weekend the tire company takes all tires with them
If they blow or destroy a tire they bag it up and even
sweep up the remains and take it with them... very protective
of their compound
So the best part is Joe starting running some of last years left
overs (different manufactuer) on his fox body mustang track car
It has a 331 ford roughly 500hp/500fl lbs torque
They are a radial slick and the track times have dropped
quite a bit by this tire..
So Joe is running with a Z06 Vette that has some of
the same times but with the new tires he comes up
and passes him quickly... the session ends and they
go out the next time and the Vette is hammering the
thing and blows the motor on the back straight trying
to keep up.. he was wondering what Joe did to the car
He states just the tires.. He is amazed how well they
work and have changed the car.. not sure if he can
even buy them... but they were about $1000 a tire
and thats my tire story.. wonder If I can get a set for old #3
Bob Benson
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