Schererville, IN- The Illiana Motor Speedway an ASA member track have announced the New Generation Hoosier F-40 left and F-50 right as the tire compound for the Late Model division in 2010. A two week tire test was conducted by Hoosier tire at the speedway with veteran driver David Weltmeyer and track champion Jeff Cannon. Hoosier tire specialists Irish Saunders and Craig Cowan simulated a night’s amount of racing laps the first week, and then came back a week later with the same tires and ran the same amount of laps under different weather conditions and the tires performance and times were identical. Weltmeyer stated “The tire makes the car much more stable and consistent” “They (Hoosier) really designed a great tire” Cannon replied with a smile “I cant believe the side bite and grip, we may have to beef up my head rest”. The new ‘Ribbed” Hoosier 800 was also tested and will replace the F-75 in the Schepel performance limited late model division for 2010
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