C'mon Rick. This is not a case of stock parts being unsafe. If you treat and install the stock stuff properly, and change it out at reasonable intervals, there's no issue whatsoever. I know a Prod race that's got 3 seasons on a set of cryo-treated A1 hubs. And you certainly will see higher lateral loads w/ the slicks than w/ DOT tires.

This has nothing to do w/ being a 'rules nerd'. This has to do w/ flat out cheating, and then trying to justify it because it's a safety/reliability issue.

Don't get sucked in by the rhetoric. This is cheating, plain and simple. I have no desire to race w/ people who take this approach. And Chuck, I'll put you on notice here and now, if I'm ever racing against you, count on getting called to the tech shed!

I can't believe the unmitigated gall of someone that will essentially stand up and tell you that they're cheating and don't give a shit about the rules.

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