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chiph · Jun 11th, 2003, 01:51 AM

I went to this last year, and it is indeed a big event. Lots of vendor tents selling T-Shirts and bike parts. Cars have to park on the grass, the motorcycles get to park on the skid pad (so they don't fall over).

Last year Dunlop was the big tire to have (maybe a spec tire??), and their area had two tractor-trailers full of tires, plus about 10 guys working to change them out. As you might guess, these guys went through a *bunch* of tires -- super soft compound along with high speeds does not equate to long life!

Chip H.

Jun 11th, 2003, 01:51 AM	#2
chiph Spectator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Local Time: 11:55 AM Posts: 1,574 Offline	I went to this last year, and it is indeed a big event. Lots of vendor tents selling T-Shirts and bike parts. Cars have to park on the grass, the motorcycles get to park on the skid pad (so they don't fall over). Last year Dunlop was the big tire to have (maybe a spec tire??), and their area had two tractor-trailers full of tires, plus about 10 guys working to change them out. As you might guess, these guys went through a bunch of tires -- super soft compound along with high speeds does not equate to long life! Chip H. ex-MINI Cooper S owner and all around good-guy