[Andrew Rudolph]

I would say you should go to some thrift stores and used furniture stores to begin with and see if you can find a table top of some kind to use. I would say if you used a piece of wood even painted it wouldnt be sorta lame. The reason is since your tire is gonna be on its side its just gonna look like a big round piece of rubber, and most people wont even think about it being a sweet f1 tire.

If you cant Find a suitable tabletop And dont want to spend the money on a glass top (prolly expensive) I would say you could do the wood thing but cut out a window in the center so you can see the tire. As far as structure, Seeing as how i have never actually tested the strength of an f1 tire i would say it might be a pretty wobbly table if you drill through it, so some sort of nice structure to keep it stable might be a good idea.

I would Def say look in stores and stuff for somthing you could modify, if someone did the work for you already why hassle over making an inferior top. (a quick ebay search finds many glass coffee tables in the 50 dollar range)