"factory stock"

[L Peterson6261]

Originally Posted by Mike Jones

Billy,
What happens when they finish monkeying around under the hood?
Mike

As we saw in Gainesville, I think the 9 inch tire is unsafe... maybe go to a 10 inch tire. At 8.0's and 170 MPH do you think a 9 inch tire is enough to be safe? How about any tire that will fit without any changes to the wheel department? Just asking???

[fastlane]

Originally Posted by L Peterson6261

As we saw in Gainesville, I think the 9 inch tire is unsafe... maybe go to a 10 inch tire. At 8.0's and 170 MPH do you think a 9 inch tire is enough to be safe? How about any tire that will fit without any changes to the wheel department? Just asking???

A tire with the same specs 94 circ 30 in but 10.5 instead of 9 is available from Hoosier I would change in a minute. I think it will not happen because the 9 inch tire controls the HP which controls the money spent.

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by fastlane

A tire with the same specs 94 circ 30 in but 10.5 instead of 9 is available from Hoosier I would change in a minute. I think it will not happen because the 9 inch tire controls the HP which controls the money spent.

A 9" tire may be a limiting factor at the starting line, but not so much at the finish line. It seems like the "Factory Appearing" cars also have to work with tire restrictions, yet run surprising numbers on street type tires! The quest for HP ($$$) is never ending. It's just a matter of when and where it's applied. It's a fine line.

[Mike Jones]

Thanks to everyone who shared their costs. FS/XX is the most exciting thing to happen to Sportsman racing in quite a while. I hope you guys can control costs, but innovation is the name of the game. Super Stock 68 Camaros became Pro Stockers and its hard to believe it wont happen again.
Mike A114

[Larry Hill]

This was the best "show" ever for the factory cars. A glued track, time between runs to adjust cars, a bump spot on the score boards after 16 cars, and great performance by most cars.

Don't change the rules unless you have one, aka the Chuck Rayburn rule.

Enjoy the show of fast cars walking the fine line on the balance beam.

Cost: go as fast as you can afford.

I’m not sure, but it seems you never hear the guys driving these cars bitch about the 9” being unsafe. Other then one or two the teams that struggle to make consistent runs. But seems the guys that declare that the class needs bigger tires are the ones that don’t compete.
The 9” tire is one of the draws to the class, it makes it a tuner game as well, not just about bought HP for the well off teams. It helps level the playing field