its nothing to do with the manufactures, its the actual clubs who decide what tyre to run.
also shops find it hard enough with the current tyre selection and weather to know what to stock, for example CDS got loads of pink BB spikes for kiddy national when rain was forecast then sunday was cancelled thus leaving them with some 40 sets of tyres that will sit on the shelf for god knows how long. thats a awful lot of money tied up. im sure dom's had the same problem at times. you will find that shops just won't have tyre's available trackside and just rely on pre-orders if diff tyres for every meeting comes in. the control tyre is the cheaper option even at rrp of £8 per pair. you ask some of the top boy's how many odd makes of tyre they have sitting in there pit boxes and work out how much there cost!! and if they will ever use them! tr32's are a prime example another how many people have BB mini pins i for 1 have probably 20 pairs that i can't use at reg//nationals
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