Time For 7" Tires Again?

[Steve Sullivan]

Back in the day I tried some Firestone 7" slicks with side walls as flimsy as a Hefty lawn bag. The person who was trying to sell them, let me try them on a Saturday. He said to run 5 pounds of air in them. At about 1000' the car started doing the "Watusi" so bad I thought the suspension had broke. Relating my experience to some of the Stock Eliminator guys, who ran them at the time, they replied with a smile "yep, they'll do that" I asked "then what do you when it happens? Their reply, "Hold on and don't try to steer it." I just gave them back and said No Thanks! Bought some 8" Mickeys from J.C. Penney and put what seemed like a billion runs on 'em before I sold them to another guy who put even more on them.