Related to the TAD class, several of us have noticed that the Hoosier tires that seemed to make up a reasonable amount of the field have fallen out of favor. Further, some of the fast Top Dragster guys who bolted on a new set of the same Hooisers many of us have been running, have had problems getting them to hook up. We have reason to suspect that Hoosier has changed the mold release agent the allows the "just made" tire to come out of the tire mold cleanly. With the TAD/AF guys only making a few passes on a set, I can see them flocking to Goodyear's which can work right off the truck .... anybody have any scoop on this?
Hopefully a really good soap/water scrubbing/cleaning of the brand new tire by someone who can make 30 or 40 passes before the sidewall gets spongy can make a great tire still work great from the first pass on.
Or maybe the Goodyear tire is just faster ... but it's clear some of the high horsepower guys one class down are seeing a change in how they work right off the truck.
Hopefully a really good soap/water scrubbing/cleaning of the brand new tire by someone who can make 30 or 40 passes before the sidewall gets spongy can make a great tire still work great from the first pass on.
Or maybe the Goodyear tire is just faster ... but it's clear some of the high horsepower guys one class down are seeing a change in how they work right off the truck.