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17-10-2013
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Control tyres on 4wd and 2wd Front wheels!!!
There are two proposals for discussion at this years 1/10 Off Road AGM on the 27th Oct. They are to introduce a control tyre for 2wd and 4wd front wheels at BRCA sanctioned events where control tyres are used. If passed then the choice of tyre will be down to a wet, and a dry tyre. No more choice between Staggered rib or minispike at the Nationals. Is this a good idea or not ?
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17-10-2013
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strictly my own opinion, but a control tyre is a old rule which serves no purpose in today's racing. As long as the tyre is widely available to the general public it's allowed.
anything else goes. This would stop the monopoly Schumacher has on the tyre industry.
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#3
17-10-2013
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NO
Personally I hate control tyre meetings.
yes it technically means the field is more equal but in reality that's horse poop. unless its a sponsored events, but Schumacher, DBoots, BB etc, then tyres should be open to your own choice, most would run what works anyway. I don't like the afore mentioned control by one make or another at events across the country. Unless its a purely sponsored event then no, control tyres should NOT be used. 
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17-10-2013
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Running low pro stag's on the front of a 4wd is gay! not to mention gay! simplest rule is standard profile on 4wd, least that still allows for high wall staggers and block pass
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17-10-2013
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Over here in the EoE, without a control tyre, I am convinced we'll murder the series. 2013 saw Ballistic greens, whites, Schu mini pins and spikes in yellows and silvers; dBoot nano, terra and multi bytes in 'a', and Proline all do well. And sometimes not a clue what was best until you got there.
Oh, and those blocky astro things. Fronts were the above plus, Schu staggers, cut staggers; dBoot blockpass, and something Spindles dug out from 1782. Whilst I can't pretend to know what's good for all, I am convinced its a good thing for us.
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17-10-2013
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I may not agree with the wording but i agree in principle with the above poster.
If you want to control tires then control it in a manner that states 4wd tires for 4wd cars and 2wd tires for 2wd cars. I would however support anything to reduce the cost of tires. If you got control tires at a discount i'd happily support them
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#7
18-10-2013
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18-10-2013
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Keep it open imo, but only tyres in current production.
The available tyre rule is a bit of a grey area, some shops have old stock of tyres that are no longer made.
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18-10-2013
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It is ten years since tyres were an open choice, so I am not sure if most drivers have experience of open tyres. I do. I used to carry four large containers of tyres to every meeting. For at least two Nationals of the six each year there was a new tyre I didn't have so I lost out and had to buy them after the event for the next one.
Tyres became obsolete before they wore out, and usually new tyres meant new wheels too as they were glued on and you never knew if the older tyres mught not suit the next track so you didn't take them off. If you go back to open tyres history tells us that your costs will go up substantially, and the gap between the haves and have-nots will be even wider. Be careful what you wish (and vote) for...
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