Yes I always ran McCreary they worked good for the hard slick NY tracks and your right hate they did away with the tire war as was never a Hoosier fan to me not many used them it was Goodyear or McCreary

As much as I miss the good ole tire wars, the reality is, they are just too dangerous. Someone inevitably will push the tire beyond its limits and cause havoc. Then you have the issue of can teams switch tires mid season, or even mid race? Because if not we could see the best cars struggle to make the feature just because of the rubber they run. If we do allow changes then what's the point anyway because everyone will end up in the same tire anyway, and you'll haveall but 1 manufacturer going home with a whole bunch of useless rubber.

Thanks so much. I hope it helps you to enjoy the sport more and entices you to continue following. I appreciate the support and comment! -Toby

I've noticed that as well. I seen one race there were 5rr and 3 lr tires expire in the feature. And it was only a 30 lap feature.

Probably if you do the tire war again Hoosier will close down cause if I remember right Goodyear and McCreary were the big two how Hoosier got choose the only tire I have no clue and if you all Hurd what Double D said in victory lane at Williamsgrove this past Friday night which basically was these tires suck and that makes drivers take moves that could cause wrecks (ask Freddie Rahmer ,lol)

Hoosier is a monopoly with immense political leverage. By literal/legal definition they and the complicit sanctioning body’s can be described as a syndicate, mafia, or cartel. That’s a fact not an opinion. There’s also a valid argument for price fixing and other market manipulations. They own the market and they always will. The dirt community also bought into the branding and the notion that Hoosier was the best and allowed it to become the identity of our sport. Thousands would wear purple Hoosier merch and state that Hoosier was the best tire. Yet, when asked many have no reference of comparison. Many have never ran any tire other than a Hoosier tire. That’s like loosing your virginity and stating that was the BEST sex ever.

Yes the casing had an inner and outer delta (aka camber) Besides tread pattern this is also why the old tire was directional. This was done from direct testing input from the Royalty of the sport. The new tire was squared to be better balanced as well as providing multi/directional use. If you flipped the old tire it would taper towards the incorrect direction. Hoosier themselves disclosed this as a intentional design change. If you have an unused older version of the tire measure the inner and outer edge. The difference you will see is by definition called.....camber. You probably never noticed it and always measured your tire size at the center. With your standard setups you should have noticed a change between the old tire and new tire in measured heat pattens across the tread. The new shape is why.

All trying to go cheaper, but costing drivers and teams more.

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