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Small/10.5 races???
#1139431
12/19/11 06:59 PM
12/19/11 06:59 PM
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San Diego CA
65 Hemi
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If most car pick up with smaller tires with todays technology, Why dont they make rules based on CI, Weight, suspension (leafs, ladder, 4 link and front suspension)or power adder???The rules is mostly tires!
Doug
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Re: Small/10.5 races???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
#1139432
12/19/11 07:42 PM
12/19/11 07:42 PM
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Texas
dannysbee
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Tires level the playing field better in most cases. Helps keep the cubic dollar guys from running away with the class.
Getting old just means you were smarter than some and luckier than others.
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Re: Small/10.5 races???
[Re: dannysbee]
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12/19/11 10:04 PM
12/19/11 10:04 PM
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Louisville, MS
Dustedu
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Guess so at a marginal track, however at the big events with excellent track prep it still seems the cubic dollar is best... I couldn't quite get a bite with the mt's at Kentucky wish I would've been on he hoosiers man what a difference...I had a best 60 of 1.28 on the mt but the Hoosier 275's went 1.22 on same settings and don't bust loose near as often. The outcome of Kentucky would've remained the same the NO2 monster had me covered 
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Re: Small/10.5 races???
[Re: Dustedu]
#1139436
12/19/11 10:13 PM
12/19/11 10:13 PM
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Texas
dannysbee
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It's not a perfect formula by any means but it is one that can be easily teched and the tire is only going to hold so much hp for all envolved.
Getting old just means you were smarter than some and luckier than others.
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Re: Small/10.5 races???
[Re: Dustedu]
#1139437
12/19/11 10:24 PM
12/19/11 10:24 PM
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Lehigh Acres, Florida
rickstershemi
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Quote:
Guess so at a marginal track, however at the big events with excellent track prep it still seems the cubic dollar is best...
I couldn't quite get a bite with the mt's at Kentucky wish I would've been on he hoosiers man what a difference...I had a best 60 of 1.28 on the mt but the Hoosier 275's went 1.22 on same settings and don't bust loose near as often.
The outcome of Kentucky would've remained the same the NO2 monster had me covered
Can't say I agree....have been to quite a few 10.5 races and there are always cars blowing the tires off regardless of track prep.....most I know play it safe to get in the show & then the real tuning begins once eliminations start to get paired evenly.....love to watch these guys get their cars down the track 
I do believe the tire size makes it a more even playing field.....although $$$$$ certainly helps to keep up with the ever growing technology 
Love your car by the way
Rickster
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Re: Small/10.5 races???
[Re: rickstershemi]
#1139438
12/19/11 11:16 PM
12/19/11 11:16 PM
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Minot, ND
darndart
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They are impressive to watch. At the SCSN in Vegas I watched a car run 5.30 in the 1/8th on a 26X8-15 MT ET Drag! That's pretty impressive. Even more impressive was watching a car run a 9.33 @ 154 on a 255-60-15 treaded street radial! Not a drag radail or ET Street, but a treaded street tire. Very impressive!
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Re: Small/10.5 races???
[Re: darndart]
#1139440
12/19/11 11:59 PM
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Indy
joshking440
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It really is just mini pro mod racing and I love it.
To much horsepower for whatever the race median is makes it better.
Pro street ie pat musi days was cool for that reason
Promod used to be cool when they could barly get down the track.
Now outlaw 10.5 is getting to that same point.
Once a class of racing becomes to predictable it's no longer contain that on the edge cool factor.
Now we have guys going 239mph on a 29.5 x10.5 tire and he is 83 years old. That shitt is cool.
Guys running low 7s on a 275 that's crazy.
Look at it, from then till now horsepower has doubled at a minimum and tire Size went from steam rolling 17" wide to to 10" and smaller.
And I don't think it's done. Give it another few years max and people will be wearing x255 shirts and 7" ttfmer
Last edited by joshking440; 12/20/11 12:00 AM.
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