Interesting Asymmetric Pocketing on Wheel

[thescreensavers]

That is a picture of the front wheel of my Camaro SS 1LE (in sig)

Usually pocketing is done symmetrically to retain balance but these are done in a weird way.. also it kinda looks like stress relieving cuts?

If you are curious the wheels have very little(few) balance weights on them.

 

[dishdude]

Is that to offset the weight from the TPMS valve stem?

 

[CapriRacer]

Best guess? Balance.

Near the center of rotation, it takes a lot more weight to offset than it does at the rim flange. That would explain why there is such a large amount of metal removed.

 

[KGMtech]

Gives the critters a choice of entry and exit.