[SteveR]

I think the one set of tires rule is rediculous. It takes the focus away from the total package of the driver, car, and team and puts it solely on the tires. Just look what happened a few weeks ago when the one guys right front blew out destroying the side of the car with only like 2 laps left. I wonder if that had anything to do with this race. I sure bet it's unsafe running one set of tires for qualifying, practice, and two more hours of hard braking, hard acceleration, tight turns, and changing temperatures. That's almost like asking NASCAR to run a single set of tires. Why has the focus been placed on tires all of a sudden? Shouldn't pit stops be a part of racing? Isn't that a part of the strategy? Like last year they forced the Daytona Prototypes to run the Hoosier tires. Why? The tires sucked and wouldn't heat cycle well and they didn't have great traction to begin with because they had to be a heavy compound because you only had two sets to run, even durring the 24 hour race so you had a ton of problems all season. You should be able to run whatever tires you want and change them when they become unsafe. Why did they institute this rule? Are rubber trees becoming extinct or something? Has the 'Save the Rubber' campaign convinced the sanctioning bodies to think about nature more? Whatever it is, it sucks.