Had the exact same experience on my last run, Round 14, Fresno Chapter,
Castle AFB, two drivers on Azenis Sports. I felt I'd nailed the run
but, to my dismay, it was slower. I think it was Pete Motaz who
mentioned it was likely too much heat. I'm puttin' a water sprayer on
my Christmas list (GS-ST(/)?
Barry - http://www.4d-sport.com/pages/758662/index.htm
Joe Ciarcia wrote:
> A friend co-drove my car on Sunday. We were getting
> cycled through the line the second we switched drivers
> and as a result the tires got a little toasty. Okay...
> more than a little toasty, they were BLAZING hot!!! We
> both noticed the grip was getting progressively worse.
> Normally I'd question my own driving but, I was really
> pleased with my 3rd and final run and as we were
> crossing the finish line my co-driver said "wow, that
> should be a really good time". I thought so too, I
> didn't make any major mistakes, the run just felt
> great. I was thinking that I nailed something in the
> high 58's. Nope, I was over a half second slower than
> my first (which was also my fastest) run and ended up
> with a 60.2xx. We were both kind of puzzled.
>
> I often see people with little containers of water
> cooling down their tires between runs. I always
> thought to myself "self, you are't a consistent enough
> driver for that to make a difference". After Sunday
> I'm thinking to myself "self, you really ought to buy
> a water tank".
>
> So for those in the know, what's the deal? Does
> watering the tires really help (I kinda wish watering
> them would help me to grow new ones)? Is this heat vs
> performance curve that we noticed real or imagined?
> Has anyone conducted any (somewhat) controlled
> experiments with the Falkens to evaluate their
> performance in relation to heat?
>
> Cheers, Joe
>
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