Guys,
Lets make sure we record all the heat cycles these tires go through. I have recorded all the heat cycles I have ever run on the 10 sets of RA-1 I have used over the past 5-6 years.

I will start using my R888 this fall and will record all these.

My greatest concern is that we do not get the life from these tires that we need to ensure a cost effective playing field.

If the R888 tire life is unacceptable we will need data to back that up.

I ordered 888's the last two times I have needed tires and was not able to get them because they were back ordered so I haven't used them to comment.
At Miller I only used one set of tires (ra1's) I think I drove about 350 miles in three days. The rear tires wore out faster than the fronts because of the rear alignment issue I developed on Friday, so I rotated the passenger side tires on Sunday and that was it for the whole weekend. I don't know of too many tires that you can run on that hard for 3 days with a bad alignment and still be competetive. I hope they continue to make the ra1's and it will stay the spec tire, if it ain't broke .......!

Does anyone have any interest in running the 205s?

They should wear better than the 225 on 7 inch rims.

Karl @ ART wrote:


225/50 is the spec tire size. It's in the rules....

How did the 225 become the spec tire?

I bet Joe knows !