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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Some racers report getting thousands of miles out of those tires, and some report excessive failures. The ones getting good life say the ones that aren't may have chassis issues (like poor geometry resulting in scrub) or they burn out on accel, or lock 'em up on braking, so of course the ones that don't take care of their tires are going to have more problems. Some of it may be dumb poor luck i.e. hitting hazardous to tires potholes and debris. It may be possible that the racers are hugging the shoulder- where more hazards lie- more than regular vehicles due to their speeds and others wanting to pass.
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You'd think that for all the trouble they go to to create and race these things,that they'd have everything dialed in to a knat's --s.