[Fot] Racing Tire Rotation Question

[Tony Drews]

I do exactly as the tire rep mentions - swap the 
wheels side to side (and front to back), the 
directional arrow points the wrong way.  This is 
with Speedsters.  Works fine.  The arrow only makes a difference in a wet race.

Cheers, Tony

At 08:12 AM 4/22/2015, John Styduhar via Fot wrote:
>I'm running Hoosier Speedster 205/60 15. The 
>tires have a direction arrow on the sidewall. 
>The Hoosier tire factory rep. told me that I 
>could swap the tires/wheels side-to-side to even 
>out the tire wear and extend tread life. No need 
>to remount and rebalance tires.  But that would 
>make the tire roll in the opposite direction as 
>shown on the sidewall. The rep said the tire 
>design is symetrical and the directional tread 
>pattern is for water shedding.  My internet 
>query also supports this thinking.  What are 
>fellow racers doing about racing tire rotation? Â
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