good points freak, I guess you get your tires joe!!  I think you need a good separation of classes as I said before to grow a class .............now sorry to ss and tc teams but i feel both classes should go in favor of the V-6 entry class (sauble 4 cyl is not an entry class) and sauble tc are slow LLM that could be brought up to speed with 2 or 3 changes  (does anyone remember the challengers)  Now if I were to jump off the fence on the tires I would make the tc run old llm tires that would have to be cheaper the even your Barrie tire and yes I have an idea to get those tires in tc teams hands so how bout that........................"justracin can be seen stirrin the pot again"..........

Just out of curiosity, what are the "2 or 3 changes" that would turn a thunder car into a competitive LLM? 

There is no way that you could make the thunder car competitive as a LLM. those LLM boys are spend alot of money and are way more advanced then a thunder car. You may be able to make a thunder car run middle to rear of the field, but not up front.

if you say you can not put your thunder into a competitive LLM then put a V-6 in it and run entry class and save some money on your next years budget. your ? on if any car in particular would be destined for what class should be left to the direction of your local race shop if you or your crew are unsure what direction to take the chassis

Haha,this is funny...