Quote Originally Posted by AMCO72 View Post
I was looking at the Goodyear Bluestreak tyres fitted to the HMC cars at the festival. They have a VERY fine tread pattern, not chunky at all. And of course after a few skids there is 5/8th's of f-all tread left, which turns them nicely into a slick!!!!!!
They are good tyres though, and Dale tells me that he thinks they make them in a 10 inch size. Will have to check it out.

Bernie Hines did a lot of checking in |America before settling on the American Racers, so I'm puzzled as to why he didnt try the Goodyears. Maybe there was a big price difference, as the American racers are designed for dirt tracks, so their life on tarseal is very short. Their main problem is that they heat up too much, and then just fly to pieces. You can hear chunks of rubber hitting the inner guards.
Gerald, you should investigate the Hoosier as well. Seems a lot of guys are moving across to that because its quite a lot cheaper than the Goodyear equivalent. I think for any car that races in US vintage events there is usually a suitable cross-ply tyre for it because there is a such a big market, and that should include the Mini.