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May 15, 2026 at
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I saw something the other day on twitter or facebook about a team wet sanding tires before an Outlaw feature. Not to litigate the rules or what a team did, but what does wet sanding do? Is it beneficial? Is it against the rules? Or did I completely misunderstand what happened? Thanks.
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May 17, 2026 at
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Posted By: rolldog on May 15 2026 at 12:41:30 PM
I saw something the other day on twitter or facebook about a team wet sanding tires before an Outlaw feature. Not to litigate the rules or what a team did, but what does wet sanding do? Is it beneficial? Is it against the rules? Or did I completely misunderstand what happened? Thanks.
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Disclaimer: I do not visit pit areas anymore. This is a tech question so don't expect many responses but here is my take, if I'm terribly wrong I'm sure several know it alls will correct me. Pretty sure the race you are referring to was the outlaw show at Lincoln. The team that had questionable tires was cleared, there was nothing wrong at all with their tires. I don't think the wet sanding is the same type of sanding as you would see in the auto body repair industry but rather grinding tires with water or another type of liquid. I think the purpose of this would be to freshen the rubber, maybe the liquid would reduce the friction and heat between the grinder and tire. Of course, if you are wet sanding/grinding with a chemical to introduce into the rubber surface of the tire, that is a different story. This is my best guess on this deal, there used to be a couple of racers that would visit this site maybe they will chime in and enlighten us.
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May 18, 2026 at
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Posted By: beezr2002 on May 17 2026 at 09:55:27 AM
Disclaimer: I do not visit pit areas anymore. This is a tech question so don't expect many responses but here is my take, if I'm terribly wrong I'm sure several know it alls will correct me. Pretty sure the race you are referring to was the outlaw show at Lincoln. The team that had questionable tires was cleared, there was nothing wrong at all with their tires. I don't think the wet sanding is the same type of sanding as you would see in the auto body repair industry but rather grinding tires with water or another type of liquid. I think the purpose of this would be to freshen the rubber, maybe the liquid would reduce the friction and heat between the grinder and tire. Of course, if you are wet sanding/grinding with a chemical to introduce into the rubber surface of the tire, that is a different story. This is my best guess on this deal, there used to be a couple of racers that would visit this site maybe they will chime in and enlighten us.
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Simple Green was blamed for a Chilli Bowl DQ. When go carts started tire prep it also raised costs. I thought it was funny DG said they knew how much nitro it took to qualify better just to stir the pot a little.
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