On Wednesday, February 22, 2006, at 08:05 PM, drmayf wrote:
> Ok, I grew up thinking that there were two measurements that defined
> the wheel base and width of the chassis and tires on the grouns.
>
> Wheel base was obvious to me, but the other one I have always called
> "track" is the measurement ofrom one tire centerline to the opposite
> paired tire. The rule book call this "Tread" (2.H). I always thought
> tread was the width of the tires gripping surface. Go figure...
>
>
> comments?
>
>
> Mayf, out in Pahrump
Dang, you car guys have it rough with worries like that. See why I
race on bikes? All we have to worry about is having the tire in back
ride right smack behind the tire in front ('cept for the sidecar guys,
but they're a way different breed, anyway).
Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
Marquette, Michigan
(that's 'way up north)
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