Yes Bill and George, the reason I pre-sold 180 D2585 GoodYear 31x12x15 slicks was GY made that tire along with a number of other tires like D1288, GY 33x12x15 "Inactive" and had not made those tires for about two years. But I found out they would make another batch of the 22.6 lb D2585. That tire has worked very well for JrFuel, some Comp Elim cars and other FED, one reason is the light rotating weight, means less HP needed to get to a good tire speed. When I found out last fall that GoodYear wasn't going to make any of the tires in the near future, I looked for options, and called all slick manufactures that made similar size tires. It looked like the Hoosier had the closest , but their J/F tire 31x12x15 weighted about 7 to 8 lbs more, per tire. So, again that's why I was able to get GoodYear to make another batch, as long as I gave them a good order for at least 150 tires. The tires are being shipped to the two GoodYear race distributors I've been working with last week and next week. The D2585's should be matched and ready for shipping the week of Sept 9'th to those racers that commited to the 180 tire order. If anyone would like to get any of these, call me 805-444-4489, I may have some cancellations.
Since the D1288, 33x12x15 tires were also made "inactive" I asked around to see if I could pre-sell 150 tires. But not enough interest, could be the 33" tall tire racers were trying the Hoosiers. The racers that have tried and race the 33's, like B/ED, C/DA use 3 speeds, the very fast A/ND team using the D1288's are using 5.38 rear gears, to help over come the taller/ heavier tire.
I hope this information helps.
Jon Hansen, Hayden Wheels
