[Fot] Racing Tire Rotation Question

[Todd Redmond]

this is what i've done with the ITB car Hoosiers as well


On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:33 AM, D V via Fot wrote:

> I'm running Hoosier street TDs and rotate front to back after each 
> race. At the end of the year or every 4-5 races, I flip inside out 
> keeping the wheel on the same side of the car.
>
> I inherited this procedure from the previous owner of my car and it 
> seems to work well.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 10:00 AM, Tony Drews via Fot  wrote:
>>
>> 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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