Malcolm,
If JCB can make some LSR tyres happen, I vote that they go directly to
the starting line, if they wish. Big raised JCB letters, in JCB yellow of course
on the side walls. We know that new Goodyear's are good for 260, but how
much more, I wouldn't even guess.
I would drive a car to 400 with them, but only if it had traction control.
Bryan
M Pittwood wrote:
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> There is potential for some good coming out of JCB experiencing the LSR
> world at the SCTA Speedweek meeting as well as from their private FIA time.
>
> And when I say 'some good', that is from my analysis that for list members
> in the USA the JCB "corporate" methodology and cheque book size was not to
> the taste of many, and indeed may have been bad for land speed racing at
> speedweek. I hope that is not the case and you get 100 more new cars and
> drivers in 2007 and beyond. [Please remember that the PR is not aimed at
> the knowledgable LSR hot rodder - it is focusing on the potential JCB
> product owner of the near future, who so far only knows backhoe diggers
> exist in yellow paint].
>
> An article has been written and published in a weekly UK racing newspaper -
> Motor Sport News - that there may (and I stress that I have nothing
> stronger to work with) in the future be some high speed LSR tyres branded
> by the JCB company. By high speed the author suggests perhaps up to 450
> mph. This may be 'wishful thinking', but there are signs that the Brits
> involved in this JCB programme could assist many racers worldwide by this
> route being taken.
>
> The "all British" JCB Dieselmax effort was of course working, as many have
> to, with US made tyres (or tires) that were good for 300 mph in an as made
> condition. But they were pushed to run at much higher speeds. It seems
> that after 365 one way the decision was made to be safe and halt running
> before trying for that sixth gear pass and into a speed envelope where car
> and driver could be put in danger by deflating or failing rubber.
>
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England
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