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Originally Posted by Hitech
As far as I am aware tyre softener in speed events are allowed, but are of very dubious advantage. One of the front running single seater drivers in hillclimbing used it last year and had some phenominal start times around 1.6 seconds for the first 64ft, but the next few corners were 'interesting' until it had worn off, so it was swings and roundabouts really. And as has been said it will shorten the tyres useable life.
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Tyre softener was banned last year in the blue book pg68 common regs for competitors, article e12.9.5 'unless permitted under sporting regs the use of chemical tyre softners is not permitted'
It was used in 2005 on a certain car, but the near 70% rear weight distribution/ and start technique also helped.
As far as i'm aware non of the top10 used it last year.
Dave