The Houston Police academy is brushed concrete
as well. It's hard on tires as well. I've seen people
lock Hoosiers and take them to cord on their FIRST RUN.
It's also quite grippy (0.2-0.25 more lateral g's of grip than
the Ft Worth Tour surface).
David Hedderick
01 AS Boxster #139
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Brown <free2000@quixnet.net>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Hoosiers at Pro Solos
> I think one factor people seem to ignore when it comes to tire wear, is
how
> the person drives. Since we have been running at El Toro this year
(brushed
> concrete) where people are now paranoid about tire wear, watching and
> talking with many drivers, the key seems to be driving style. Those with
> smooth. controlled styles seem to get much more wear than those with
overly
> agressive, sliding sideways, tire spinning styles.
>
> Rick Brown
> FP 240Z
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Duerst <LeslieCohenDesign@msn.com>
> To: <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 10:02 PM
> Subject: Hoosiers at Pro Solos
>
>
> > I don't understand what all the complaints are regarding Hoosier tire
> wear.
> > We have scuffed in and heat cycled the Hoosiers just like we did with
> Kuhmos
> > and BFG's. The Hoosier's seem to be wearing well. We did rotate more
> than
> > one set of tires at the Tour and Pro since we had three drivers but the
> > tires are still good. We have a set that we ran 9 runs at the Tour, 14
> runs
> > at the Pro, 13 runs at a wet event (wasn't that entertaining!), and then
> 16
> > runs at our local event and they are still good. I'm wondering if a lot
> of
> > people do not have their tires properly inflated and if they don't
bother
> to
> > heat cycle their tires before racing on them.
> > Leslie Cohen, SSL ZO6
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