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Post by Andy:
The other piece of this puzzle is that Bridgestone seem to be intent on a higher level of support for our sport. They showed up in force at San Diego with an 18-wheeler and tire mounting equipment (shades of the old BFG/Yokohama/Kumho days). They plan to also be at Huntsville and Topeka. More support next year, if all goes well. And contingency for this year. $300/200/100 is the early word there. And this from a company that only makes tires legal for ST. That says a LOT to me, and I think its a good thing for the sport.
Post from Rodreich Stotsenburg of Bridgestone NA:
It is great to see all of the interest in the Potenza RE-01R! The contingency will only be for the STS, STS2, STX, and STU classes, in which it meets the minimum tread wear requirement of 140.
There will be rebate coming out in the SCCA Sportscar magazine and on the not yet released web site, www.potenza.com, in April / May / or June, depending on where you look. It will be $100 back when you buy 4 tires. You have to be an SCCA member to receive the rebate.
Shoot me any questions/comments and I will be more than happy to help you guys out.
Basically a major tire company is now focusing it's efforts on ST tires. This has me excited that now we may see some brand stablization in ST tires like you see in R compounds.
Post by Andy:
The other piece of this puzzle is that Bridgestone seem to be intent on a higher level of support for our sport. They showed up in force at San Diego with an 18-wheeler and tire mounting equipment (shades of the old BFG/Yokohama/Kumho days). They plan to also be at Huntsville and Topeka. More support next year, if all goes well. And contingency for this year. $300/200/100 is the early word there. And this from a company that only makes tires legal for ST. That says a LOT to me, and I think its a good thing for the sport.
Post from Rodreich Stotsenburg of Bridgestone NA:
It is great to see all of the interest in the Potenza RE-01R! The contingency will only be for the STS, STS2, STX, and STU classes, in which it meets the minimum tread wear requirement of 140.
There will be rebate coming out in the SCCA Sportscar magazine and on the not yet released web site, www.potenza.com, in April / May / or June, depending on where you look. It will be $100 back when you buy 4 tires. You have to be an SCCA member to receive the rebate.
Shoot me any questions/comments and I will be more than happy to help you guys out.
Basically a major tire company is now focusing it's efforts on ST tires. This has me excited that now we may see some brand stablization in ST tires like you see in R compounds.
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