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Old 01-04-09, 10:49 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Goodyear vs. Avon

The answer is 2 sets of wheels/tires. You can get a used set of either Goodyears or Avons free by looking behind the tire trailer at any vintage race meet. The used tires have plenty of tread left on them (if you could call it tread) but they are no longer sticky
enough to race on. You could use these tires for display or limited street use but they do not drive so good as the radials you are used to. You can get good used tires for track use if you are a beginner. If you are racing, you want new tires. If you are looking for a tire that does not pick up rocks and is good for the street or track and has big letters, it does not exist really. What makes it good for one use is the same thing that makesw it bad for another use.
The Dunlop race tires drive the best on the street and perhaps you could stencil Goodyear on them.
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