[Shotimes] OT: Ebay discount coupons ...now SOLO

[Ron Porter]

But you are not in competition. To putter around a track the way that we do
at our events is like a Sunday drive compared to being in competitive events
where you are out to win. I believe that we all know that there are no track
tires that are only $300/set (well, maybe on a 2-wheel car!!). To get tires
to get that last little bit to give you an edge means that they will be (1)
expensive and (2) will not last.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 6:53 PM
To: `V6 SHOtimes
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT: Ebay discount coupons ...now SOLO

Reasonable.  BS..  My Victor Racers cost $700 delivered.  Now what kind of
expenses are reasonable for a day at the track..  I guess I should start
saving up for my GT 40....

BTW  I have 4 track days on them and at least three more.


Paul


On 12/17/2005 3:58:36 PM, Ron Porter (ronporter@prodigy.net) wrote:
> Well,
> it's all a matter of interpretation (Leigh can fill us in), but if you
> are running competitive track events, a set of tires a day sounds pretty
> reasonable to me. If you are a backmarker, or mid-pack, maybe not. If you
> wanna win, tires are expendable.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net]
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:15 PM
> To: Ron Porter
> Cc: SHOtimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT: Ebay discount coupons ...now SOLO
>
> Ron,
>
> you missed the point.  He has been talking about how he wears out a set
> of tires in one day at track events, not autocross, so if he is running
> his soft autocross tires at the track, that not only is cause for
> extreme wear, but it probably is slowing him down, since quite often
> soft autocross tires get too hot and greasy in a high speed
> environment.  He hasn't
> said I got it wrong, just talking about his
> experience.  I still think it sounds like he is running thewrong tires
> on the track. Probably the right ones for autocross.
>
> Point is there is no need, in a properly driven and set up car with
> correct decent tires, to wear th
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