[Darren Boyle]

As to research, asking one of the regular top three finishers at most events there what works best at the venue is normally pretty sound advice to be fair. Not sure front 2wd minipins are widely used elsewhere and also what use at any other venue are minipins that people have been advised to wear down to almost nothing in order to work......

At the end of the day it is not me, nor you, that has the issue though, it is the racers who have followed the entry form, spent their money and purchased accordingly in advance to be as best preparred for the event as they can be and they who have spent their budget on tires they "now" cannot use.

As I already said, it is not if a control tire is right or not for the event that is the issue, it is the belated timing of amending the entry criteria that is causing a few racers some concern....

Easy solution would surely have been to add some more carpet or even some astro, increasing the grip levels and preventing the need to run worn tires at all, then tire sales would have been higher (for those concerned about the main control tire manufacturer not making enough money from the event - which to me is absurd), everyone would have grip and the problem would not exist.

As for cars not fitting in the box with minipins on, we ran them at regionals down this way for three years on the trot and every car eventually found a way to make their cars within the legal width...

Hey ho.... it is what it is, but it could have been handled better than it has been in my opinion