TRIP UP

Apparently, the US mob making Centerline Wheels went belly-up a couple of years ago. Frankly, the classic, solid-disc Centerline was never my cup of tea, but it’s an interesting story on why they were designed the way they were. Apparently, in the early days of timing beams at dragstrips, the spidery, spoked front wheels of the day didn’t always trip the beam. But the Centreline, with its solid profile was a wheel even the dimmest beam couldn’t fail to spot.