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http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/17...
Having had a look through various photographs taken at The Main Event, it looks like all of the A-Fuel cars involved that weekend were running Goodyears...
Having had a look through various photographs taken at The Main Event, it looks like all of the A-Fuel cars involved that weekend were running Goodyears...
Flying Toilet said:
Looks like Hoosiers to me:
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/17...
Yes Dan, the problem is with Hoosiers and I was pointing out that, thankfully, the A Fuel cars at The Main Event were using Goodyears... Had you been on the pop again when you posted?http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/17...
NitroWars said:
Flying Toilet said:
Looks like Hoosiers to me:
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/17...
Yes Dan, the problem is with Hoosiers and I was pointing out that, thankfully, the A Fuel cars at The Main Event were using Goodyears... Had you been on the pop again when you posted?http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/17...
Jon C said:
Interesting that Hoosier issued a warning that the tyres were not to be used in A/FD after the Micheal Manners crash, and Guest chose to ignore that.
To be fair to Guest, allegedly he was not aware of the situation but his Crew Chief...CompetitionPlus article said:
Joe Monden, Guest’s crew chief, acknowledged he was told by Hoosier representatives during qualifying at Englishtown that he should not use the tire.
and laterCompetitionPlus article said:
Monden also said Hoosier representatives balanced his dragster’s tires after one of the dragster’s qualifying runs. Guest said Hoosier representatives balanced the tires Saturday in between the second round of qualifying and the final round of qualifying.
Guest’s best qualifying run, a 5.352-second lap at 272.34 mph came during the third and final round of qualifying. That elapsed time left him No. 5 in the qualifying ladder.
“Yes,” Monden said when asked if Hoosier was aware his dragster was using Hoosier tires. “But, they can’t stop me from using them. All they can do is ask me not to use them. They reminded me that they had sent out a letter of which I have not seen, but I verbally talked with them about not running the tire. I explained to them the same thing that I just explained to you, the fact that they were an older set of tires that had four runs on them. It was the same situation what I just told you about the two sets. They said well you know we still prefer that you do not run the tires. I said I understand that.”
Monden, however, went against what Hoosier representatives told him and had Guest run the tires in first round.
“Obviously the afterthought is I made a wrong decision to run them,” Monden said. “Hoosier did everything that they could. I didn’t buy any more tires, I already had them. They can’t dictate what I do with them. I said all along I am the one that made the wrong decision. It was an accident and I am sorry it happened and I am sorry that the cars got wrecked, but I remember a few years ago when everybody was blowing the Goodyears out. They didn’t stop using them. They had to chose a tire that was available and they kept blowing them out and finally Goodyear fixed it. Now, I have been running that tire (Hoosier) for four and a half years and never blown one out. If they have a problem, I am sure they are going to fix it. I have been in this sport since ’69. I drove a Top Alcohol car back in the 1970s. There has been recently in last few years race cars have came for whatever reason. You can go ask the heat treated tubing, you can go ask whatever. And, those cars were built by repliable builders. There are times in our sport because we push the stuff to the limits every time we go down the track, there is going to be failures. Because of the circumstances, I felt like we had a good set of tires. Had I not thought that, I would not have sent Monroe down the track with a set of Hoosiers on the car. I would have not have done it. I would have ran the Goodyears, no ifs and buts about it. But, it just not Hoosier’s fault. Would we like somebody to pay to have our race cars rebuilt? Sure. But, that is just not the way this industry works.”
Guest’s best qualifying run, a 5.352-second lap at 272.34 mph came during the third and final round of qualifying. That elapsed time left him No. 5 in the qualifying ladder.
“Yes,” Monden said when asked if Hoosier was aware his dragster was using Hoosier tires. “But, they can’t stop me from using them. All they can do is ask me not to use them. They reminded me that they had sent out a letter of which I have not seen, but I verbally talked with them about not running the tire. I explained to them the same thing that I just explained to you, the fact that they were an older set of tires that had four runs on them. It was the same situation what I just told you about the two sets. They said well you know we still prefer that you do not run the tires. I said I understand that.”
Monden, however, went against what Hoosier representatives told him and had Guest run the tires in first round.
“Obviously the afterthought is I made a wrong decision to run them,” Monden said. “Hoosier did everything that they could. I didn’t buy any more tires, I already had them. They can’t dictate what I do with them. I said all along I am the one that made the wrong decision. It was an accident and I am sorry it happened and I am sorry that the cars got wrecked, but I remember a few years ago when everybody was blowing the Goodyears out. They didn’t stop using them. They had to chose a tire that was available and they kept blowing them out and finally Goodyear fixed it. Now, I have been running that tire (Hoosier) for four and a half years and never blown one out. If they have a problem, I am sure they are going to fix it. I have been in this sport since ’69. I drove a Top Alcohol car back in the 1970s. There has been recently in last few years race cars have came for whatever reason. You can go ask the heat treated tubing, you can go ask whatever. And, those cars were built by repliable builders. There are times in our sport because we push the stuff to the limits every time we go down the track, there is going to be failures. Because of the circumstances, I felt like we had a good set of tires. Had I not thought that, I would not have sent Monroe down the track with a set of Hoosiers on the car. I would have not have done it. I would have ran the Goodyears, no ifs and buts about it. But, it just not Hoosier’s fault. Would we like somebody to pay to have our race cars rebuilt? Sure. But, that is just not the way this industry works.”
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