haha. i thought you might say something about the red clay. only type of red clay thats on the ground from where im at has nothing but big bolder rocks in them, we do not run on red clay. and yes i know a latemodel has alot more horsepower and is totally different.My dad and uncle have raced them off and on since the early 80"s and still do to this day,well atleast my uncle still does, dad got sick of spending all that money. of course the cars have changed alot during those times, but i was just giving a example the same way you give with the sprintcar you compare to, they are both to totally different cars. My only point and reasoning for not wanting to go to soft is im a 6'2" 255 pound guy, and lets say we went with a 40 tire and im racing against a kid or a grown man thats 140 pounds, you dont think he is going to have a big advantage? i sure do.If we could do whatever to are motor and not run under there rules. then that would be different, tell me what you think. And the BFG's yeah i see the date on the side. but we have never had a tire come to us in the low 60's. wish we could of got some. we probably got the batch that was made first for that year and put in the back and we got them shipped out to us last.