Hi Gimpster,
I understand what you are saying about more car control making it safer, but I am not sure at what point the balance tips towards becoming more dangerous because of the increased speeds on the bigger tracks. With the fact that I only race a few times a year, a sticky tire would help me get up to speed faster but I like the cars being hard to drive. Even with the BFG's I remember seeing something about the legends cars running lap times close to the modifieds at Springfield, and when I tested my car on dirt the first time, even with mistakes I was running times with the sportsman cars here locally. A legends car with a pull bar for the third link or a floating 4 link and soft tires would be fun to drive and we would have more control, but then it will tilt in favor of smaller drivers with the more horsepower, tire wear becomes an issue, stress on the drive train might go beyond what they can take, etc. Also a significantly softer tire would force people on BFG's to either sit out, run in back, or buy all new tires to compete. It's all just a big balancing act. I like the idea of a tire that is a little softer than now but will not force out people who want to stay on the BFG's they have already. Maybe the people on here, including me, are wrong about staying with a hard tire. You have been doing this longer than I have. Not trying to be disrespectful. Just giving my opinion.