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Originally Posted by WolfsburgRS
Mike, this may be something you aren't familar with, but do you know if Michelin customer teams are able to keep tires and sell them once they're "done" with them? Lots of contis would end up on sites like usedracingtires.com. A "not that great" barely used racing slick makes for a very very good HPDE tire  |
The generic off the shelf customer tire (that I'm sure IMSA will be supplying to Prototype and GTD teams) is available for purchase by anyone and Michelin doesn't care what you do with it after you buy it (same as Conti/Pirelli).
Think of the "confidential" tire as more of a lease. The teams who use them don't own them to re-sale.
-mike