[Nick Koan]

Yeah, I still don't exactly know where I stand on the street tire issue. I certainly don't think it'll really affect me how it was or how it is.

Since I am planning on trying out race tires next year, it would be nice to be able to flip back and forth between classes, but I don't know if that'll really be a big deal. This time next year, I might change my tune if I switch back to street tires, but can't catch 1st in TESP due to missing 2-4 events on race tires. I guess I'll just try to commit one way or another before the season starts.

Also, as it stands, ESP was basically TESP last year anyway. IIRC, there was only a handful of instances when a race tire car came in first Raw. That was Bill from Sac or Vegas guys from Hawthorne, both of which won both raw and after the street tire modifier was applied.

It would be nice to keep competition with Cody and others in TESP, but I am also really curious about race tires. Next year, it sounds like I won't be able to do both. I guess I could always run in TESP for points and run RNP with the race tires while I'm still trying them out and figuring where I want to go.

I certainly can say I don't feel strong enough to really start complaining about it as loudly as some of our members on the race tire side. I do feel like it'll actually lessen competition, but we'll have to see. I don't remember much heads up street tire vs. race tire match-ups in class outside of A Stock, and PAX was dominated by race tires this year. I'm guessing the street tire friendly classes (like ESP and SM) will continue to be large and this might not really affect much but hopefully make people happier.