[Shotimes] 235x45x17 tires

[Ron Porter]

Well, that will be like Lapeer if you come out in October. They totally
resurfaced the dragstrip in '99, and it doesn't have the bumps like places
like Milan!!  ;-)

Besides, I'll be running the 911 at Lapeer (13.98 @ 102 best) so it should
be a good match for the SR71!!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mark Nunnally
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 2:20 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 235x45x17 tires


Blackhawk was probably the easiest track on tires I've ever been on.  It had
a smooth surface (pretty grippy) that didn't tend to "grind" on the tires
bad.  The race rubber showed hardly any wear.  Far cry from tracks like
summit point that just chew them to pieces after 1 day.

mark

> FWIW, I was pretty amazed at how the ES100s held up at Blackhawk. Every
> other tire I've had on a SHO at a track got very severe edge wear on long
> hard corners. I had too much rollover through the first session, so I
bumped
> up the fronts to 50 psi hot. Even though they showed wear down to the
small
> "dimples" on the sidewall, they held up better than any other tire I've
> used. And this was after six hard track sessions (I loaned the car to Dan
> Vinke & Tim Pavlik for the last session).
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