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Tom, I look forward to your results from the 12 hour.
Originally posted by Tom Blaney:
Keep in mind that this is racing, if you want to go fast you have to spend money. It's that way in every racing venue, I am sure you can get a gagillion miles on a set of Toyo's, but don't get cranky when a set of Hoosiers blow past you in the corners.
Originally posted by bldn10:
Now that I know that I can only count on 6 good sessions out of them, has anyone tried traction treatment? I wonder if $20-30 will get at least another day out of them, or make them decent for practice? Any recommendations?
Originally posted by oanglade:
My question (to anyone) is how do Hoosiers with say, 7 heat cycles, compare to new Toyos, for example.
Originally posted by pfcs:
John Stimm was my first try w/new Hoosiers.
initial impression was very good in qualifying and first third of race. After qualifying, temps were very even and LR temps were almost as high as LF-certainly not an understeering setup. By race's end, understeer/LF tire protest was significant and I was suprised to find that chunking had started along inside edge of outer groove of LF tire. (tires were purchased heat-cycled from Tire Rack)The entire remainder of LF tread had nice fine marbling typical of a happy tire.