Bill Pemberton
0ld Ford Automotive Racing Terror
Paddy is one sharp dude , a fast shoe, yet I will disagree with him concerning the NT01 since he is in California , the unfortunate drought Capital of the US. Toyo is the parent company and Nitto is under their umbrella and often folks think they are the same tire with just more carcass on the Nitto. First, the Nitto is absolutely an ice skate in the rain, really no better than the Toyo RR - seen in practice in the wet Midwest. Nitto states in their own literature that the tire is not conducive to wet weather, but one of the best things I tell folks to do is to go right to their website ( just Google NT-01 ) and pull up their own info on the tire and read the marketing. This is where folks wondered if it was a Toyo RR with more rubber, because once you view their discussion on shaving the tire for track events, if you are super serious, it looks like a RR clone. Save your money, buy the Toyo RRs and the very best reason in this day of short supplies is that the Toyo tires are almost always plentiful , whereas even in the past, the Nittos have seen shortages. Being a Spec Tire , the Toyo production is huge and as one who has scambled to find a tire I was running over the years I view availability as a big strength on what I purchase.