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1. GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:22:42 -0700; Why was the GT-40 so prone to doing 185 MPH dados? I assume short wheel base but it couldn't be much shorter than some of the lsr roadsters I've seen. ** Don't know a lot about aero instability. The; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00371.html (7,781 bytes)
2. GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:52:07 -0700; that big wide APPROPRIATE tires can work at high speeds on damp or even wet surfaces such as asphalt, ** Neil, I find the key word in caps in your response. While "rain" tires may work I don't think; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00384.html (8,230 bytes)
3. RE: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:12:16 -0500; I'm sure there's a lot to be learned on this subject. It would be interesting to have some direct A-B comparisons of different tires on the same car on the same day so that the conditions would be c; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00387.html (8,799 bytes)
4. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:00:02 -0700; The tire issue seems to pop up every year. I only wish I had kept a record of the vehicles running wide tires and how many spun. The number is large. We have seen many types of wide treaded, aircraf; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00392.html (9,880 bytes)
5. RE: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:14:51 -0500; I think wide tires, per se, are getting a bum rap. Racing on salt may be unique but it doesn't seem like the principles would be different than other types of racing. Fat slicks (no tread pattern wh; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00400.html (11,047 bytes)
6. RE: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:23:18 -0500; You've brought up a good point-- perhaps it is a loose salt (dust) layer on top of the hard salt that is the problem instead of water. If this is the case, the higher unit loading (pounds per square; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00401.html (8,990 bytes)
7. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: Want1937hd@aol.com; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:12:14 EDT; Neil, For what it is worth back in the late 1970's when restoring old sprint cars started to become popular there were some events run with then current racers. Some of the old four cylinder Ford pow; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00402.html (8,634 bytes)
8. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:38:39 -0700; Way back in the 60's when I was crew chief on a super modified on a 1/2 mile dirt, if the track was still sloppy for qualifying and the trophy Dash, we would put on a set of Firestone 900 x 15 mud a; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00410.html (10,162 bytes)
9. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: Ed Van Scoy <ed@vetteracing.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:28:41 -0700; Just out of curiosity, were you running at Manzanita back then? Spent a bit of time there then..... Ed -- Original message -- <speedtimer@charter.net>, "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>, "land; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00414.html (11,109 bytes)
10. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:46:11 -0700; We ran at the old Speedway Park in Albuquerque, N.M. on Sat. night and only made the trip to Manzy one time. Howard -- Original Message -- From: "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com> To: "Nafzger" <naf; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00415.html (12,408 bytes)
11. Fw: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Marge and/or Dave Thomssen" <mdthom@radiks.net>; Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 08:28:50 -0500; As an old salt guy (not an old dirt track guy) the point of the loose wet salt layer on top of hard salt is RIGHT ON. That's one of the reasons we see ruts. The slurry of water and salt is far to vis; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00418.html (10,539 bytes)
12. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: W S Potter <wester6935@attbi.com>; Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 10:10:14 -0700; Just guessing ... but Firestone started supplying tires for Ab Jenkins' endurance runs on the salt in the mid 1930's. There was a one year break due to some misunderstanding but he continued to run F; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00424.html (10,280 bytes)
13. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "gary baker" <lsr350@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 09:54:28 +1000; Here's a question that's been bugging me ,from many pictures I have seen of the Bonneville flats when you guys are racing there is a very large build up of salt on the tyres of static vehicles so th; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00435.html (9,892 bytes)
14. RE: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:31:06 -0500; Your description of the salt at Bonneville seems to me appropriate for the salt I saw there last year-- and all the problems you ascribe to such salt seem to me accurate for that time. Since it was; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00447.html (11,009 bytes)
15. Fw: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Marge and/or Dave Thomssen" <mdthom@radiks.net>; Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 09:42:54 -0500; The oldtimers probably all agree: the salt is never the same (year to year, morning to afternoon, day to day). Dave the Hayseed it's to to and of up your also experience amounts never over under has; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00453.html (12,184 bytes)
16. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: Nt788@aol.com; Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:17:04 EDT; << One of the advantages of wide tires over narrow tires (confirmed by talking to Dunlop & Michelin tire engineers) is that they offer far higher lateral stiffness. This makes them far more stable an; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00480.html (8,969 bytes)
17. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: Nt788@aol.com; Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:20:27 EDT; << If something won't work, it won't work. I would like to understand why, though. As the old saying goes "If theory and observation do not agree, double check your observations-- and if they are cor; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00481.html (8,794 bytes)
18. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: Nt788@aol.com; Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:26:43 EDT; << Some of the old four cylinder Ford powered cars were turning times that would have qualified the car to race with the caged injected Chevies. Bob former Riley 4-port owner in connecticut >> AT GOO; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00482.html (8,739 bytes)
19. Re: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 07:23:44 -0700; I bet the aspect ratio on the "high speed bicycle tires" is about the same as the racing tires... mayf -- Original Message -- From: <Nt788@aol.com> To: <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; <dwarner@electrorent.com; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00488.html (9,291 bytes)
20. RE: GT40 spinner (score: 1): Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 11:14:44 -0500; It would be interesting to know if tires were a factor. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Are there any dirt- track guys out there who would care to comment? Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Neil, For what it is wor; /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00492.html (9,206 bytes)

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