I'll probably be ridiculed for this one, but I just don't understand why treads are not more widely used. Before some of you say it, yes I understand that on most of today's tracks, especially in lower horsepower classes, slicks are faster because they don't lug the motor down and keep the kart more freed up. I get that. My thing about treads is, that it can open up more than one useable groove on the track. So much of kart racing today is freight train, follow the leader fashion. At the tracks where treads are being ran locally (chromejunkie's track being one of them) you will see 2, 3, and at times 4 wide racing on a weekly basis. I guess I'm just the oddball here, but I would MUCH rather race 2,3,and 4 wide, while being able to use most, if not all of the racing surface if needed, rather than go a couple tenths a lap faster playing follow the leader. 20-25 years ago, treads were the norm and I think the RACING was better. It wouldn't bother me if most, if not all tracks mandated treaded tires. Again, would they be ever so slightly slower than slicks in most cases? Possibly, but IMO the overall quality of racing would be MUCH better. Fire away...........