FW: BFG R1 Tires (shortage)

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

Another bit of tire info. from the P-list...

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>Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:35:45 -0400
>From: barry.lenoble@peri.com (Barry Lenoble)
>To: "Racing" <racing@porschelist.org>
>Subject: BFG R1 Tires
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>Hello,
>
>Yesterday I received my copy of the BFGoodrich Team T/A News.  Dave
>Sanders (I'm not sure of his title, but I think he is the president of
>the motorsports division or something like that) in his regular article
>writes about the current problem with R1 availability. I don't want to
>type the entire article in, but I'll include enough for you to get the
>idea.
>
>...
>	"Consequently, I am not going to put and 'spin' on the fact that 
>we are experiencing some critical inventory issues with the Comp T/A
>R1 tires.
>	Last month, I explained that due to renovations and expansion
>activities going on at Mogadore, coupled with our entry into four new
>professional racing series and trying to produce our new tire lines to
>replace the Comp T/A R1, we may have bitten off more than we can chew
>in the short term.
>	Having established our strategic direction and carefully mapping
>out our plans, we anticipated that there would be short-term supply
>issues. However, it appears we underestimated the severity.
>	So the bad news is bad news. I do not expect inventory position
>on the Comp T/A R1 to improve significantly in the near term. Until we
>complete the renovation and expansion phase of our manufacturing 
>facilities at Mogadore, we will continue to experience shortages of
>inventory."
>...
>
>Sounds like you're screwed if you use R1's. 
>
>Good luck,
>Barry Lenoble
>barry.lenoble@peri.com
>89 944 Turbo, Alpine White
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