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October 03, 2012 at
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Attica and Fremont speedways in Ohio just announced a 5year deal with Hoosier. If Knoxville has announced that they are going to Hoosier, then I'm sure all of the other tracks will follow suit as is usually the case.
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October 03, 2012 at
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This is interesting,Does ANYBODY know what these tires are going to COST THE RACER???????
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October 03, 2012 at
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Posted By: stainless on October 03 2012 at 04:27:23 PM
This is interesting,Does ANYBODY know what these tires are going to COST THE RACER???????
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The Hoosiers RR will be in the $190 range. Actually $40 cheaper than the Goodyears. The day of RR only spec tire programs are gone as the tire companies need to make the money to pay the sanction bodies their fees nightly.
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October 03, 2012 at
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Unless these tracks and series mandate a different compound and or size tire look for locked down follow the leader racing. Everyone seems to also forget how terribly the sticky hoosiers rubbered down race tracks. Rubber down tracks SUCK!
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October 03, 2012 at
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Posted By: WIsprinter on October 03 2012 at 04:59:59 PM
The Hoosiers RR will be in the $190 range. Actually $40 cheaper than the Goodyears. The day of RR only spec tire programs are gone as the tire companies need to make the money to pay the sanction bodies their fees nightly.
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Hoosier and ASCS have been telling teams in the Northwest for 5 years a "range" for the Hoosier/Series spec RR tire. And in that time, it has never even come close to what we were PROMISED and/or told it would/should be.
In 2012, the man who owns the rights to ASCS NW, and is the owner and/or track leaser at 4 of the 6 tracks that they run, and who now apparently has the rights to Hoosier tire sales in the Northwest, raised the RR ASCS Spec tire price to $242.
And nobody, and I mean not ASCS Nat, not Hoosier Indiana, and not Hoosier Tire West, will do a damn thing about it. I hope you all get the tire for that $190 range. I wish we could get the same. Actually, I wish we could be there. That would be smarter.
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October 03, 2012 at
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Posted By: WIsprinter on October 03 2012 at 04:59:59 PM
The Hoosiers RR will be in the $190 range. Actually $40 cheaper than the Goodyears. The day of RR only spec tire programs are gone as the tire companies need to make the money to pay the sanction bodies their fees nightly.
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And with the 4 tire rules the owners and drivers keep getting the big one shoved up there ass and with out the owners and drivers the sanctoining body dont have to worry about the BIG SHOW.
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October 03, 2012 at
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Posted By: WIsprinter on October 03 2012 at 04:59:59 PM
The Hoosiers RR will be in the $190 range. Actually $40 cheaper than the Goodyears. The day of RR only spec tire programs are gone as the tire companies need to make the money to pay the sanction bodies their fees nightly.
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Where do you dream up this junk...Knoxvilles hoosier dealer charged $230 somthing last year i am sure it will be more in 2013 NOT LESS
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October 03, 2012 at
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Posted By: sprintfn1 on October 03 2012 at 06:35:29 PM
Where do you dream up this junk...Knoxvilles hoosier dealer charged $230 somthing last year i am sure it will be more in 2013 NOT LESS
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Not dreaming..prices came right from Steve Sinclair President of the IRA. Now the prices will start in the $190's but I am sure they will increase 3-5% per year so by the time the 5 years is up the tires will be in the $230-240 range. The 16" ASCS tire started the same way but now 5 years later is in the $230 range.
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October 03, 2012 at
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Posted By: sprintfn1 on October 03 2012 at 06:35:29 PM
Where do you dream up this junk...Knoxvilles hoosier dealer charged $230 somthing last year i am sure it will be more in 2013 NOT LESS
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Not dreaming..prices came right from Steve Sinclair President of the IRA. Now the prices will start in the $190's but I am sure they will increase 3-5% per year so by the time the 5 years is up the tires will be in the $230-240 range. The 16" ASCS tire started the same way but now 5 years later is in the $230 range.
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October 03, 2012 at
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WIsprinter "dreamed up this junk" by reading the press releases that are all over every site, including this one. Fremont mentioned right in their release that RR's will be $198.00, last years tire prices were higher. What any track did last year is irrevalent. I'm quite certain that no class at Knoxville had a 4 tire Hoosier rule last year.
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October 04, 2012 at
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Ira signs 5 year deal with hoosier.
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October 04, 2012 at
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That was fast. It looks like everyone who used goodyear all went with Hoosier for 2013. This could force the outlaws to go with Hoosier and forget about signing with AR.
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Posted By: henry chinaski on October 03 2012 at 05:01:58 PM
Unless these tracks and series mandate a different compound and or size tire look for locked down follow the leader racing. Everyone seems to also forget how terribly the sticky hoosiers rubbered down race tracks. Rubber down tracks SUCK!
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Exactly....Many people just don't understand what they are wishing for.
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October 04, 2012 at
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Tire prices will be what each local tire dealer wants the price to be. You don't buy from Hoosier themselves. It pays to shop around
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October 04, 2012 at
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October 04, 2012 at
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Posted By: racerguy6n on October 03 2012 at 08:12:45 PM
WIsprinter "dreamed up this junk" by reading the press releases that are all over every site, including this one. Fremont mentioned right in their release that RR's will be $198.00, last years tire prices were higher. What any track did last year is irrevalent. I'm quite certain that no class at Knoxville had a 4 tire Hoosier rule last year.
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the 410 at knoxville last year ran a 4 tire goodyear rule
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October 04, 2012 at
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Just found this interesting article off of pitgate from the Patriot News. Looks like Hoosier is out of the running for the WoO and that only leave American Racer.
http://mobile.pennlive.com/advpenn/pm_103965/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qYHSNuRL&rwthr=0
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October 04, 2012 at
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Well, these guys at the Patriot News have been wrong before. As a car owner I'd say if the ARs are only going to last 8-10 laps then it will be interesting running 3 lap heats, 3 lap consi and a 10 lap feature. And it's high time Ms. Hughes gets her head out of her butt and stops following what the WoO do. So far every year it's hurt the car owners harder and harder when the Grove (& then all the other tracks that refuse to stand on their own) follow what she and the outlaws do. There has been much discussion in the pits again this year with the car owners and w/o finding more funding, they will be cutting back to 1 night a week (a lot did for 2012) or selling out completely. If you want to race competitively, win races and run for a championship, you are basically forced to make a decision as to which track's point race you want to win and only race there. That would be the Grove, for prestigege and highest paying point fund; but the worst as far as being concerned and working with the car owners, drivers, teams and sponsors.
Hearing Port Royal may go with open tire rule and that's probably going to be the best bet cost wise for car owners. Would be nice now if they could find some nice point fund sponsors to up the anty.
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October 04, 2012 at
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Which of the AR tires was tested at Knoxville? If they only had 1 chance, wouldn't it have been nice to let them try a 2-3 different compounds and see if they had something else that would work? I don't know what they tested, so maybe they did get more than 1 try?? Just wondering...We ran AR MC-3 for years and they would last all season if you didn't cut one...
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October 04, 2012 at
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I know they were doing a test of some sort on Monday from 4:30-7:30 PM. Decision was made 2 days later.
I would think that AR and Hoosier were being tested on Monday Night (as they were both tested on Friday Night the week before).
From the sounds of things, AR was offering MORE $$$$$ to the track, but the track chose Hoosier over the AR based on feedback from the team(s) testing the tires and based on wear.
I would think that Hoosier being the supplier for ALL Divisions @ Knoxville that this is a good thing (low budget teams can buy USED tires from 410 or 360 teams that always purchase new (good for both the guys that purchase new (they can sell their used to someone else) and the guys that buy used (more supply).
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