My father and I buy all our tires from Paul at Radial Tires. He's
great...tells the truth and sells you what you NEED not what you think
you need even if what you need is less expensive.
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Derek Engelhaupt
Customer Engineer
Hewlett Packard
'97 White Mazda Miata
Odenton, MD
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen
--Brigitte Bardot
---NASA-VA Jon Felton <nasa-va@juno.com> wrote:
>
> The Toyos are better suited for road course work
> because they like heat. But still, at our local track
> (Summit Point Raceway) I have heard that the
> Toyos alone are 2 seconds a lap slower than the
> G-Forces on light Improved Touring cars like
> CRXes and whatnot. But that's roadracing, not
> autocrossing.
>
> I do know that they last a long time, though, and that
> is always a consideration for racers on a budget
> (like me).
>
> Also, Radial Tire in Silver Spring, MD is a great store
> if you are anywhere nearby. The owner races a Motorola
> Cup Miata and he knows his tires. His prices are really
> good too. We get all our roadrace slicks exclusively from
> him.
>
> Jon
> NASA-VA
> SCCA-WDCR
>
>
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