Nosram/LRP VTEC 24/27's no longer being made?

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I was talking to a guy at a modelshop on Saturday about getting some more Vtec 24's and according to him the company who makes them has run out of the compound and can't get anny more due to a shortage. He said that Sorrex have enough rubber to continue making tyres for a good while so thats what was going to replace them as a control tyre.

He also said that the shortage of rubber will be pushing up the price of full size car tyres alot in the next few years.

I Can't be sure of any of this and I'm taking it lightly but I just wondered if anyone had heard anything along the same lines.