Don Representin .Org at Treffen

[scirocco25 at gmail.com (Eric Person)]

For your first autox ever, I think that time is very good Don.  Those 
SPT tires are quite good in my experience, much better than the 712s 
that they replaced, but get a set of azenis and take it to the next 
level in terms of grip for short courses like this autox.  They get a 
bit too hot when pushed hard, but overall they are a nice tire for 
street-tire classes such as sts, sm, etc.  For some autox dot compounds 
or some road race compound tires, I highly recommend this guy on ebay: 
http://stores.ebay.com/Race-Tires-USDRRT
He sells used race tires that typically have 3/4 tread left for very 
reasonable prices.  Doesnt always have a huge selection, but keep 
checking for what you are looking for.  For people that are learning to 
race or that dont run many events in a year, its a great deal for tires 
that are broken in but not used up, and are typically about 25% of new 
prices.  I have 6 hankook r30 compound dot race tires from him that I am 
using for autox, they have been pretty good, they get a little greasy 
when overheated, but seemed to grip nicely this weekend on the shorter 
autox course.

Eric

Don Walter wrote:
> I was around 55.xx  I haven't seen the numbers for the afternoon yet so I
> don't know my best times.  I definetly need better tires and new street
> tires too.  HeHe
> 
> On 8/21/06, Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I'm not sure of everyone's times at the autox(Eric, Nate, Don)
>>
>> I think Eric's 1st place C-class was 50.3 and my 3rd place B-class was
>> 55.2.
>>
>> Don's car just looked great on the course, this being his first "legal"
>> autox.
>>
>> Nate's looked odd having all 4 tires stay on the ground this time.
>>
>> But the course was very challeging, lots of very tight corners.(Nate's
>> video will probably show those, thanks Nate)
>>
>> Even the R's were in the low to mid 50's, well, there was one that took
>> fastest time of the day with a 47(Only because Neal and wife couldn't 
>> make
>> it)
>>
>> Tonee
>>
>> julie@menloparkrandd.com wrote:
>> Way to Go Don!
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Tonee Northam [mailto:pb3vr6@yahoo.com]
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>> >Subject: Don Representin .Org at Treffen
>> >
>> >Don is not shy of the camera.
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>> > http://chicagovw.org/treffen/treffen06/pics/Ken/target201.html
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