Bryan, list,
Fifty years ago the Firestone tire people on the salt had one of the old
machines they rolled up against the tire and spun it with the balancing
mechanism fastened to the rim. The tire shop guys used to look at their
reflection in the bumper of the car ... when it was still, the tire was
balanced. Now they don't dare admit they are on the salt because of
liability problems.
Wes
on 8/28/01 6:44 PM, Nafzger at nafzger@vtc.net wrote:
> Bryan,
> I have not been to Daytona, let alone the garage area but have been in the
> Phoenix garage area at multiple Cup races and they use a computer spin
> balancer like you would find in a good tire shop in town.
> Howard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan A. Savage Jr" <basavage@earthlink.net>
> To: "Phillip Landry" <saltracer@hotmail.com>; "Howard Nafzger"
> <nafzger@vtc.net>
> Cc: "List Land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Tires
>
>
>> Question for Howard and/or Grib
>>
>> How does Goodyear balance tires at a NASCAR race?
>> Any difference between Daytona and PIR?
>>
>> Bryan
>> This is sure fun. I've been interested in this subject for about 50 years.
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