[Mark IV]

I too would love to see an alternate to the Avons that I could recommend to our customers, HOWEVER, you are asking the racing division of Goodyear to develop a "street" tire.

Short of the "DOT" legal "race" tires required for some race series, the responsibilty for a retail, high performance tires falls with another group at Goodyear. Now perhaps Greg can relay the information and demand to that group, but I truly doubt that the competition tire division will be granted budget and authority to produce and market a street tire.

I have had some prior contact with Goodyear on the OEM side back in the AC/Autokraft days and there is a LOT of interia to overcome. We had a Eagle GT destroyed just as Road & Track was ready to do a test and photography. Turns out when we called dealers they told us there was "no such tire in that size". "But I have them here I said!" Turns out they were a special run made in Belgium for Autokraft. My friend at Ford SVO called the Goodyear rep they dealt with for the SVO Mustang and he told me "Yeah, we got 'em on hand." "Great, says I, how much for one?" "Can't sell you one...at any price" he says. "Huh" I said with great surprise. "Yeah, they aren't in the price book and therefor we can't sell any, BUT, I can GIVE you all you need!"