Patent ID: 6508284
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of mounting a pair of tires 10 on a rear axle of a racing vehicle for running on an oval race course, wherein the method comprises providing a pair of tires 10 wherein a profile of an outer tread region 38 of a tread portion 12 of each tire 10 which is positioned to be further axially outward toward an outer side of a race course than a centerline CL of each tire 10 and a profile of an inner tread region 40 of the tread portion 12 of each tire 10 which is positioned to be further axially inward toward an inner side of the race course than the centerline CL of the tire 10 are asymmetrical, the method characterized by:mounting each tire 10 on the rear axle of the vehicle such that the axially outer portion 38 of the asymmetrical tread region 12 of each tire 10, relative to the race course, has a greater shoulder drop Do, wherein the shoulder drop is the difference between the maximum radial diameter of the tread 12 measured on the outer tread contour and the diameter of the tread at the tread edge 42,44, than the shoulder drop DI of the axially inner portion 40 of the asymmetrical tread region 12.