Street Tire Class 2013

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:42 pm

That is what John and I are thinking. Hard to justify the $$$$, we will both rock the rx8 on street tires this year.

Scott Johnson · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:14 pm

I'm still torn between STX and Tire/RTR-CS. I would probably run the same tires, just skinnier wheels in CS. I would also have to give back a little camber. Otherwise, I don't have an STX car and really didn't want to spend the money on one.

Tire-CS = 0.817 vs STX = 0.827, that's 0.5 seconds difference on a 50 second course. While I can easily make that up in a prepped STX car, I'm not so sure it's worth the handicap for limited prep. 0.5 seconds is certainly more than noise between runs. I also like running against a lot of the folks who will be in tire class. That makes things more fun!

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:21 pm

so not sure if it has been said and i missed it, but are we gonna run "tir" like previous years or are we gonna go "rtr", "rtf", and "rta"??

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:31 pm

jeremy gast wrote:

so not sure if it has been said and i missed it, but are we gonna run "tir" like previous years or are we gonna go "rtr", "rtf", and "rta"??

Yes, just TIR with additional PAX benefit.....ie SP/P/M people are welcome (but the advantage of race rubber vs street tires is so much that SP/P/M people are still at a gross disadvantage so it will still heavily favor stock class TIR cars).

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:33 pm

woo hoo street tire csp!

Scott Johnson · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:36 pm

jeremy gast wrote:

woo hoo street tire csp!

Street tire STX woo hoo.

Someone brought up an interesting point an an earlier post, will there be a mechanism for the "TIR" adjustment in X/Pro class? ie. can I sign up for RTR/A/F in X class?

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:47 pm

Damnit guys, you have me thinking about going back to HS-Tire

<--Hates himself sometimes. :stick:

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:48 pm

Scott Johnson wrote:

jeremy gast wrote:

woo hoo street tire csp!

Street tire STX woo hoo.

Someone brought up an interesting point an an earlier post, will there be a mechanism for the "TIR" adjustment in X/Pro class? ie. can I sign up for RTR/A/F in X class?

Can't run ST* in TIRE and the X class question has yet to be considered.

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:55 pm

JamesShort wrote:

jeremy gast wrote:

so not sure if it has been said and i missed it, but are we gonna run "tir" like previous years or are we gonna go "rtr", "rtf", and "rta"??

Yes, just TIR with additional PAX benefit.....ie SP/P/M people are welcome (but the advantage of race rubber vs street tires is so much that SP/P/M people are still at a gross disadvantage so it will still heavily favor stock class TIR cars).

I'm hoping my 18x10s and LSD make me a "little" more competative in TIR. FP is lonely.

Scott Johnson · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:28 pm

JamesShort wrote:

Scott Johnson wrote:

Street tire STX woo hoo.

Can't run ST* in TIRE and the X class question has yet to be considered.

Quit spoiling my fun. I've got to be getting close to OF class anyhow.

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:14 pm

So what's the over/under that the magical new super star specs will sell out quickly? I forsee a bit of price inelasticity on these things, especially if they are quicker.

...just read they're even making a special version for the Scibaroo's. That's actually pretty cool.

(edit: in a couple of 18" sizes and 25/40/17... fail)

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:50 pm

Matt McGrain wrote:

So what's the over/under that the magical new super star specs will sell out quickly? I forsee a bit of price inelasticity on these things, especially if they are quicker.

...just read they're even making a special version for the Scibaroo's. That's actually pretty cool.

(edit: in a couple of 18" sizes and 25/40/17... fail)

I heard TireRack is currently taking pre-orders over the phone. Give'em a call and your credit card and I'm sure they'll put you on the list.

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:52 pm

Ha! I guess it makes sense if it's *the* tire to have in ST classes.

Enjoy the new LSD in the Mazda, I'm sure you'll notice a difference as soon as you get on the gas at the first transition. They do magical things in FWD cars. :thumbsup:

Zach Hill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:14 am

JamesShort wrote:

Can't run ST* in TIRE and the X class question has yet to be considered.

AXware will not allow this easily. You can't be in two class categories at a time (X and TIR).

JamesShort · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:17 pm

Zach Hill wrote:

JamesShort wrote:

Can't run ST* in TIRE and the X class question has yet to be considered.

AXware will not allow this easily. You can't be in two class categories at a time (X and TIR).

Exactly why I was flakey on my response

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