Need advice on tires / autocrossing

[MikeyK 5]

Okay, what do you guys think?

I curbed my car the 2nd night I had it :mad: (so long ago) and I shaved off a little bit of the rubber ridge that is supposedly meant to "protect the rim" (it didn't protect it quite as well as I'd hoped). Basically, its like a eighth to quart-inch deep shaving of the tire wall that was cut. It was the right back tire. It doesn't seem that serious, but on the other hand, it is a small section of the tire wall that no longer has the depth of rubber it was designed with.
I'm auto-xing tomorrow, and am due to rotate my tires. I'd like to rotate them so I have better treads for the auto-x, but do you think there's a risk to making the "hurt" tire the front right tire? Could the stress of auto-x mean a greater potential for blowout? I'd like better traction, but not at the risk of a tire going out on me.

Any thoughts / ideas are appreciated

- Mike

 

[JFW]

Don't know for sure but I suspect the tech inspector will not let you enter with a damaged sidewall. I've not beed auto-xing for a couple of years, but I do know you put a lot of stress on the sidewalls of the tires. Bottom line, if you just scaped off rubber, your probably ok. If there is ANY DAMAGE to the sidewall chord, the tire is unsafe.