[RKDinOKC]

A few weeks ago an open road racer, Rick Dekneef and his navigator died when they had a tire blow out at 200 mph.

Several years ago a guy that set a production car speed record of 212mph in his 928 at one of these races said he always checks the course for smoothness before he decides to enter and expressed his concern that tire companies weren't making tires designed for 90 miles at these speeds on public roads. Every race he refused to run had at least one major tire related crash.