Tyre Advice needed please
Discussion
Bear in mind that I do 15 not 40 minute races but I found the AR's weren't as progressive as the DZ's. They gripped and gripped and then went suddenly. With the DZ's I can feel it starting to go before it does a lot more. There are so many variables the only way to truly find what works best for the car/driver combo is a day testing but not many at clubman level have the luxury of that with multiple tyres. These days the series I race in have a one make tyre policy so that makes things a lot easier!
Well here's some feedback. We raced at Oulton Park on Saturday. 2 qualifying sessions and 2 races. Everything from damp but drying, soaking wet and bone dry!
We ran Michelin Cups in Q1. It was damp but drying.
The Uniroyal Rainsport 3's were amazing in the wet. My son, in his first year of racing, was running P3 and P4 overall 12 minutes into Q2. Our final qualifying position in Q2 was P7.
In Race 1 it was a wet start but looked like it would dry. This was a good call so we didn't run the Uniroyals. We went out on the Cups and following a start line red flag incident it was drying quickly by the time of the restart.
I couldn't buy any Nankang in our sizes, so we ended up using unused (but a couple of years old) Michelin Cups. In the dry (Race 2) they were excellent. Better than the R888R's but they did go off towards the end of a hot 40 minute race. I also ran out of talent and spun!
We played around with damper settings and tyre pressures and are working towards a good set up in both wet and dry. A good day. Best result was a 2nd in Class in Race 2.
Thanks for all the input. It was really helpful.
We ran Michelin Cups in Q1. It was damp but drying.
The Uniroyal Rainsport 3's were amazing in the wet. My son, in his first year of racing, was running P3 and P4 overall 12 minutes into Q2. Our final qualifying position in Q2 was P7.
In Race 1 it was a wet start but looked like it would dry. This was a good call so we didn't run the Uniroyals. We went out on the Cups and following a start line red flag incident it was drying quickly by the time of the restart.
I couldn't buy any Nankang in our sizes, so we ended up using unused (but a couple of years old) Michelin Cups. In the dry (Race 2) they were excellent. Better than the R888R's but they did go off towards the end of a hot 40 minute race. I also ran out of talent and spun!
We played around with damper settings and tyre pressures and are working towards a good set up in both wet and dry. A good day. Best result was a 2nd in Class in Race 2.
Thanks for all the input. It was really helpful.
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