Quote Originally Posted by Howard Wood View Post
1. Obviously the rules including tyre choices must be uniform for all the cars not just a select few. Try turning the argument on it's head: because of the proposed DoT tyre regulation we run the very real possibility of excluding two of the most significant "real" cars which really should be the stars of this class, the AMCO Mini and Haliday Escort (and quite possibly others as well) because of the unavailability of suitable tyres. Therefore what are the reasons for NOT allowing slicks?
Of course, we'd never want to turn cars away for the sake of there not being an available tyre. But you're only referring to DOT tyres here, the T&C and Schedule K rules also allow for treaded vintage bias-ply tyres, of which there is a huge selection available, because of the huge international interest in historic racing. Hoosier produce a Vintage Bias H Tread 165/70x10 tyre specifically for historic racing Minis, Elfs, Imps etc:

http://www.minimania.com/part/HOOSIE...ier-Race-Tires

These are available from Cardwell Racing Supplies. They're a proper vintage racing tyre, available all year round. Bruce Dyer has contacted Cardwells re supply, and they can have them in 6 weeks.

If there are cars that genuinely don't have a suitable tyre available within the rules, then of course this has to be looked at on a car by car basis.