[sperry]

I think race tires still have an advantage over street tires. Past historical data suggest that race tires were good for 2.5s per 60s over street tires, even though we only set the street tire PAX at 2s per 60s.

With the breaking up of the surface at Stead, I think the street tires aren't hurt quite as bad as the race tires, but I think the math still favors the race tires. Where the gravel advantage comes is with the AWD cars. Those of us w/ AWD should be beating up on the RWD cars due to the lower traction created by the bad tarmac.