Don't doubt what you are seeing on the course, but must be due to an
extremely small contact patch and a heavy vehicle. Can't imagine why a metal
wheel of the same size as a rubber tire would leave any bigger rut than the
rubber would.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: <wmtsmith@landracing.com>
To: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Metal Wheels ?
> John, two of the three leave dip and deep gouges the full length of the
course--you can go count how many passes they made nearly any where on the
course.wmts
> >
> > From: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>
> > Date: 2002/08/22 Thu PM 07:26:10 EDT
> > To: "Bryan A. Savage Jr" <basavage@earthlink.net>,
> > "List Land Speed"
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Re: Metal Wheels ?
> >
> > zero coefficient of friction between the salt and an aluminum billet
wheel.
> > As for damage to the salt, Well maybe if you had a 3" wide contact patch
and
> > a 7,000 lb vehicle.
> >
> > John Beckett
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