Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control

[rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>]

:

> Skip:
> all that torn-up salt I saw at the "big end" of the long course this August 
>tells me
> that there are at least several people in very fast machines who don't manage 
>to keep
> their tires from spinning-- A LOT.  And -- if you will remember the reports 
>we were
> getting about who-all was having tire trouble-- I think several of those 
>folks have
> pretty good credentials as LSR drivers.  Couldn't we just allow these folks 
>to TRY
> traction control (especially since you "have no opinion")-- or do you think 
>it will
> improve the gene pool if we just let them keep spinning their tires?
> Russ
>
> Skip Higginbotham wrote:
>
> > Hi Russ,
> > No!!!!! Drivers can learn to drive. There is enough machine
> > feedback.......problem is for a new driver to get enough experience to
> > recognize it and perform the right corrective action.
> >
> > Tire failures at 300+ have not been linked to anything specific that I have
> > read or heard. How about someone publishing some real failure analysis info
> > instead of trying to fix a symptom in lieu of the problem?
> > Skip (See? I have no opinion!!!!)

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