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I will be taking my first full track drivers ed this year and I have been debating with a "seasoned driver" about whether I should run street tires vs full race slicks.
The experienced driver is adamant that I go straight to the racing tires and learn that way. I have a differing opinion where I believe that learning on the street tires would have numerous advantages such as: The car will be a little more loose presenting sliding and brake lockup sooner so that the "excursions" will be less extreme. The street tires will give more feedback as they begin to loose grip than the track tires (street tires will begin to make noise before the track tires) The street tires will loose grip more gradually giving the new driver more time to compensate for loss of traction. The street tires will loose grip at slower speeds giving the feel of recovering from loss of control at safer speeds. I feel that learning to drive the car on street tires and progressing to stickier tires is not only safer, but cheaper in the long run. Opinions? |
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T.C. do you ever race W2W in vintage I've really had good experiences with HMSA, RMVR, and CVAR I left PCA club racing after about 8 years for exactly the reason you describe. It sounds like you need to find a better club. I never jumped from the RA1's to the 888's I had heard that the 888's didn't end up as strong as the RA1's still... I haven't found anything that compares with the A6 yet they are pretty amazing Yes to Vintage and I'm building my Spyder to get back to HSR. There have been some Major Changes to HSR - New Ownership (someone I know, new Tracks, New Events, they will be running a 24 Hour Race @ Daytona next fall, Dorsey Schroeder & Ken Fengler are the new Competition Chairman, etc). I haven't run the R888s yet, but they are legal for HSR - I need to get the car finished (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
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