Originally Posted by
FVRacer21
John,
From my understanding, if you have bought rain tires in the last 4 years from Hoosier they are the same tires. I think the rule could have been written to say, "Only Hoosier rain tires can be used" as since Hoosier is the spec tire for FV, it would look bad if I won a race on my old Goodyear rains that I have been carrying around for 10 years... (Although I have gone through 2 pair of older Hoosier rains in that time - but the current Hoosier rain is a really good tire.)
As far as letting people run older tires, trying to set up a schedule to phase in the tire across the country would be impossible to enforce. But - to allow people to run any (Hoosier) tire in practice sessions until June 1 (as long as you run the Spec Tire in races) would seem reasonable.
We are working on a procedure in the NE to help phase them in, but the bottom, line is we all have to make the jump at some time. Actually trying to manage my tires contributed to my accident at Thompson, so I am ready for the spec tire.
ChrisZ