tire choices

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

1) A3S03...the R is a road-race compound (big
difference!)

2) Nat's hasn't been in Slina for a looong time!
Topeka these days. :)

3) IMHO, Kumhos aren't *quite* there yet. Hoosiers are
still typically faster. However, they're getting damn
close, and they're still a better choice for
camber-limited cars like my Subaru. Most of the people
who won on Kumhos this year were in better-prepared
cars than the majority of the field *and* are almost
in a league of their own as drivers. My own class, GS,
was an example. Brian Priebe walked away from the
class on Kumho, but he's driving the best-prepped
Celica in the country and is an unbelievable driver.
Apples-to-apples, I would still say Hoosier is
probably a little better tire.

Neal
#10 GS - 18th place on Kumhos...

--- Christian Els <tiAn@usiw.net> wrote:
> The gold standard for competition has long been the
> Hoosier R3S03, but do
> note that this year more than any previous year
> Kumho Ecstas were on the
> list of trophying drivers at the Solo II Nationals
> in Salina, KS a few weeks
> ago. I think Kumho has finally gotten the compound
> about right and you can
> now make a serious run for the top without spending
> ridiculous dollars on
> Hoohoos.
> 
> $0.02
> 
> 
> Christian Els
> Columbia, MO
> #37 D Stock (Hoosiers)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wes Brockway" <kywes@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 September, 2002 12:59
> Subject: tire choices
> 
> 
> > No not another query on tire or wheel sizes but
> favorite choices for
> > Autocross. I have some Khumos Ecstas and they are
> good and reasonably
> priced
> > but what is the real choice for a great sticky
> tire.
> >
> >
> >
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=====
~Neal

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