[s-cars] DE Track Tire Question

[Manuel Sanchez]

Mark,

I'm in the blue group, which I think is at least 15-16 track days.  
I've had a good time with street tires to date but I am curious about  
the R compound tires. I would NOT be interested however, if the  
roughly 1,000 bucks was not going to be a big improvement over street  
tires at the cooler temperature events I tend to get to (April &  
November).  If I ran a summer event I think I'd likely make the  
plunge, besides I have a extra set of rims Rossatoing in the basement.

Must be an interesting story "not sure the Audi club will have me  
back at a track event", what did you do?


Regards,

-manny


On Oct 12, 2008, at 3:00 PM, s-car-list-request at audifans.com wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:12:07 -0400
> From: "Mark Underwood" <mark at underwoodgroup.com>
> Subject: [s-cars]  DE Track Tire Question
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> Manuel,
>
> I would make my tire choice based on your on-track experience: If  
> you have a
> number of events go for the "R" rubber. If you are at an  
> intermediate or
> beginner level, save your money and buy a used set of tires and put  
> a set of
> brake pads on the car. Don't use your street tires you'll wear them  
> out
> especially if they have any tread left in them, you'll probably  
> either chunk
> them or flat spot them (I did both at my first track event). Figure on
> remounting your street tries and changing back to your regular pads  
> the week
> after the event. Starting out you will not get anywhere near the  
> limit of
> the car, you won't be needing the sticky rubber. Actually you'll  
> learn more
> about car control with a little less grip. Plus, the Audi events  
> are run
> pretty conservatively anyway and you'll be more than safe. On the  
> other hand
> if you are fairly experienced go for the R rated tires, you'll  
> enjoy the
> extra grip.
>
> I am in Raleigh NC and I was hoping to make the November VIR event  
> with my
> recently resurrected S6 but it looks like I'll be working that  
> weekend and
> not sure the Audi club will have me back at a track event.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Underwood