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Now think about it like this. A big time dirt late model driver might only use his tires one night and then he either throws them away, gives them away or sells them for pennies on the dollar.
The dirt late model tire - is bigger - 11 inches wide and anywhere from 88 to 92 inches - 28.5 - 29 inches tall on average depending on which design and manufacturer.
If you use 10 inch wide wheels, the weigh more then the 8 inch wide wheel and if you add a bead lock, you add even more weight.
On a 1/3 mile to 3/8 mile track - which most dirt tracks average that size - you do not need a lot of motor to get around the track. You need a good handling car and have all your ducks in a row.
Several years ago - someone sent me a story of a old truck driver down in Georgia who raced street stocks. His car was a old Impala and he ran a old junkyard motor. He would get laughed at when he showed up at a track because his car was real rough looking. One track promoter when asked - where should I park, told him that the junkyard was down the road about 3 miles. On that particular night, they told him that his car was too slow to run at their track, but they would let him start the race in the back and as long as he did not hold anyone up = they would allow him to race. There was a big pileup on lap 10 and guess who came through it without a scratch.
He went on to win the race. Same held true one night when he wrecked his dirt track car and showed up with his paved track car. The track owners and all the racers in the pits told him that you can't race a paved track car on dirt. He went on that night to win the race.
It isn't what type of car you own or how many horsepower it has under the hood, it is all in how you drive it. The Late Model tires is not going to make the cars that much faster, but it will make it cheaper for you and the late model drivers to race. They can make a couple of dollars by having a market to sell their used tires and you can save money by buying used tires.
The experience using the late model tires will HELP you when you decide to move up to a higher division such as the Late Model Class. The Street Stock division is only designed to be a support class, someplace where you can learn something before you move up = not someplace to spend your whole life - like some people at some tracks in Pennsylvania where once they win a couple of races = they spend the rest of their life trying to be the king of one local track.