The great tyre debate.....

[Walshy]

Now that I'm back up to full operating mode again, I thought I would pick this up where it was left off back in October of last year.

The same old debate on tyres and number of sets used rages on in the Formula Ford ranks and the old arguement of the have's and have nots.

I purchased a new set of tyres at the Festival in October and when I went up the steps in the truck to pay, Brian from Avon said to me "so your Walshy then?"

Expecting a few choice words from him about my ramblings on restricting the number of sets per competitor and limiting his sales, I found he was in favour of the idea. This was due to the fact that history has shown them that by restricting the number of tyres per competitor, they actually sell more tyres!!!!

Instead of a handful of drivers buying all the tyres, if you allocate each car a maximum number of 3 sets per year, then each driver tends to buy all 3 allocated sets. IT is then up to the driver to make the most of what he/she has.

Apparently, this is quite easily policed as all the tyres are numbered and you don't have to buy all 3 sets at once or at all, as the numbers can be taken at any stage of a season.

A little more homework is required on this before we take it to the powers that be, but as a tester, I thought I'd run a quick poll and see what general consensus is like. No point in following it up if nobody wants it.

Don't just vote. Have your say as well and any more ideas would be good on this topic.

I believe this tyre limiting has worked in Ireland with great success, so why we can't run it over here I don't know.

Cheers