Hoosier vintage FF treaded tire sighting

[cgscgs]

At PRI Hoosier had their new vintage treaded FF tire on display. It looks similar, but not identical, to the Dunlop. Hoosier guy said it is bias-ply, compound a bit harder than the R60, and cheaper than the Avon. Sounds like good news to me. Hopefully Monoposto will take a good look at approving this tire. Thanks Hoosier.

[Bob L.]

Tire at PRI was a front. No rears yet. No price or estimate. Was told: "in talks with SVRA at show,... as we talk"....(don't know about that, given the Toyo thread elsewhere on Apex)... estimated not available til March at earliest.

Was a nice looking piece. Posted size on sign was "metric" x 13, saw no dimensions/specs....but, will be bias, as mentioned above.

Looked promising.....

Bob L.

[s800racer]

Tire at PRI was a front. No rears yet. No price or estimate. Was told: "in talks with SVRA at show,... as we talk"....(don't know about that, given the Toyo thread elsewhere on Apex)... estimated not available til March at earliest.

Was a nice looking piece. Posted size on sign was "metric" x 13, saw no dimensions/specs....but, will be bias, as mentioned above.

Looked promising.....

Bob L.

They are also talking with VRG and will sponsor an FF Challenge series that VRG will put on this year.

[pooch776]

In addition to VRG, SVRA has just posted that they will also be accepting Hoosier tires. I am not sure what sub-classes (VFF, CF or PCF) can use them. They included in their post a product bulletin from Hoosier showing a cost of $720 per set! Here is a link to the post: http://www.svra.com/tech-bulletins/tb2016-004-ff-tires/

Cheers, Joe

[Ralph Z.]

This is good news. I like the price point. I wonder how the handling will differ from the Dunlops.