[Yorkiebar]

That's one thing I don't like at all - control tyres, especially the "must be new" nonsense. We're not all sponsored, we're not all made of money and some of us have our kids racing with us.

My local club doesn't have any tyre rules at all, apart from when it's running a Regional round when it's simply dart rears, which is what most run at our track anyway when conditions suit.

I can understand it for certain venues like carpet and dirt where they need to protect the surface, but cannot for the life of me see why they demand they must be as new unless someone has a vested interest in making confirmed purchases in a certain company's product.

Bit of a rant but it's something I feel quite strongly about. The hobby is expensive enough without enforcing more cost on it for no apparent reason. IMHO of course.

Yours faithfully,

A skint Dad and his kid trying to have some fun.