13's, 14's vs. 9's , 10's

[Irace007]

Before the 9 inch slick there was a "street " tire M&H had 10/12 inch rear tires that had different compounds . Like the slicks..The .1/10 rule i believe was from the late 60's early 70's in Jr Stock (Tom Kasch)
Dave Young would have some info on that .Also we had to dial the MPH too.Take away the sand baggers

[GTX JOHN]

As I recall you could run a 12 inch Street tread tire or
a smaller Slick.

I am finally after 10 years freshening up the Wagon a bit.......
I would like to see the Old Gal back into the 11's again!

[Dwight Southerland]

M&H made an L60-15 that had 10" tread and an M50-15 that had 12" tread and available in a stick-shift and automatic compounds. Both were DOT stamped to meet the rules. These were the predecessors to today's DOT race tires. The 9" slicks were not legal under 1975.

[GTX JOHN]

Did we have a 7 Inch Slick back then?

My memory is not what it used to be now!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

Did we have a 7 Inch Slick back then?

My memory is not what it used to be now!

No. The popular 7" Firestones kinda went away with Junior Stock. Once slicks came back in 1975 , some of us went back to Stock.
Some of the East Coast guys like W.A. Lee, found some 7 inchers in a warehouse, and ran them on the heavier wagons. Of course, they were faster than the 9's,...at about 30 psi !

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

No. The popular 7" Firestones kinda went away with Junior Stock. Once slicks came back in 1975 , some of us went back to Stock.
Some of the East Coast guys like W.A. Lee, found some 7 inchers in a warehouse, and ran them on the heavier wagons. Of course, they were faster than the 9's,...at about 30 psi !

Uh, don’t forget the ever popular 7” JC Penny slicks. At least one pair found its way to Lousville, Ky......

[GTX JOHN]

Penny foremost Slicks

I think I paid $42 pr.

They worked great with my stock converter!

Their Auto Center was two block from my house!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I can't help but notice how well a bunch of "lower class" Stockers did back then. What happened?

I was hoping YOU were going to tell us.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Irace007

Before the 9 inch slick there was a "street " tire M&H had 10/12 inch rear tires that had different compounds . Like the slicks..The .1/10 rule i believe was from the late 60's early 70's in Jr Stock (Tom Kasch)
Dave Young would have some info on that .Also we had to dial the MPH too.Take away the sand baggers

I raced my Jr Stocker in the ‘60s & 70s. Ran off records, no dialing, tenth under allowed. .011 under = break out. Never “dialed MPH”. Never heard of that one.

[Mark Yacavone]

I think we discussed this a while back...
Who was last person to win a Nat. with a 14 second vehicle?
Mike Smith?
Tom Ward?
Larry Hill?