Pirelli Bounty Program

LOL Dont be mad at me, but I have said from the start, if Podium Motorsports Pirelli has 60% of the grid like they do out west with LARGE grids, I could come up with a contingency program..... and I hope to be there one day

 

Holly shit... I just spit out my coffee. You owe me a macbook pro.

 

The grids out west aren't that large but almost everyone runs Pirelli.

 

See post #97.

 

7th gear.. we have achieved it here.

On a serious side, what do you guys do with the additional grip with shoc spring rates. Up or down ?

 

We went up.

 

From what to what? I got a 1.0 on my TTX now. Curious to see what Thermosman will recommend. About 190-195 (without gear).

 

Shit I dunno.

 

Bike and pace are also relevant to the answer you're looking for.

 

Me either, that's why I pay others to know and I'm in a corner with that too

 

I mean, I have notes and Brian has his big binder. But im at work and don't have mine with me.

It is pretty damn stiff though. As in, I don't think Ohlins makes one stiffer. Brian said I have the stiffest one Ohlins makes on there now.

 

Dood. Take a hint.

 

Eddie is killing it today.

 

to me the deal with this promotion would be if I were a top level racer (ok, maybe not like Josh Hayes level but getting there- or was an up and coming racer) with the skills, I'd run around the US and poach the lap records and make a bit of coin while showing up all the locals. win-win. pirelli looks good by showing they have tires that can run in front at any local level races, the "poster child" looks good and wins a few bucks back on tires. gives the up and coming racer some incentive to go to a track they maybe didn't consider in the past. didn't they set a few records last year? plus it's "racing" and not a track day or test session (i.e. EBR at Jennings). It would be nice to see some out of region fast guys test their mettle at a local level again the local hot shoes.

But yes, I agree that the days of the top 5 local guys getting lots of free tires is probably a ways away from happening again.

 

I honestly don't see this having any effect other than Pirelli being able to talk about it.

And it's working - they just got a 6 page (with my settings) thread devoted to talking about their tires, from people who buy them more often than 90% of the general riding public.

...but I think it's a fantasy to believe that anyone is going to travel around trying to collect all 10 'bounties' as a source of income. As others have mentioned, you have to front the money to purchase the tires you're riding on, so you're spending $400 and burning how much in travel and race gas to get $500?

I think the much more likely scenario is that someone racing on Pirelli's realizes in an early race that they're only half a second off the lap record, and then pushes in the afternoon to shave that half-second and maybe take home $500 they weren't counting on. That only helps one racer, but it's a nice press release for Pirelli to plaster on Facebook for a few weeks.

Pirelli is in the business of making money, not supporting racers. When the latter drives the former, sure, they're willing to toss around some cash, but they've already gotten their $5k worth of PR in this thread alone.

 

A step in the right direction...:up:

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