[Anuauto]

There seems to be a mind set in the south west of the UK regarding soft so-called road tyres in speed events. The insistance on allowing sticky road tyres there when the rest of the country mandates List1a has long been a nightmare to those who live remotely near the borders of this great divide. List 1b, incidently, has only ever been used in the south east for speed events in the past (and now for road kit cars) - other past regs elsewhere were "any road tyre" etc.
Regardless of the arguments for either, those who have created this ridiculous situation over far too many years should have long ago been taken out and shot. Having had to run both, sometimes at the same venue on different dates, 3 sets of soft rears a season against one set of List1a rears over 3 seasons is a convincing argument to me. I have usually also found the strongest advocates for sticky tyres are those with the strongest engines. Lower grip equals a more level playing field.
Obviously the MSA must depend on the manufacturers to assess which tyre goes on which list. What the MSC/A can then do is ensure that once a tyre is correctly on the list, it does NOT get removed - ever, if still used. Some of us remember when the Yokohama rep failed to turn up to a meeting and the others placed a star against all Yokos (indicating removal next year). The scandal of that was that no one at Colnbrook thought it strange or checked it out - competitors had to alert them.
Democratically elected MSC and MSC committees would be a first step to eliminating some of these nonsenses.