Bill Pemberton
0ld Ford Automotive Racing Terror
Fabman has echoed my R7 feelings exactly, and though the R7s do not get up to speed as fast, I usually am strong on starts with cold tires. After that old age jumps in and I get weaker, and if I didn't have to stop half way through the race to take a pee, who knows what I could accomplish? I seem to run really consistent runs with the R7s and usually I am not even a second off my fastest A7 run. I think Fab is a bit more fabulous with taking care of his tires, but during a race when everyone is tight taking care of tires is harder and I really like having the R7s grip late in the race because they just flat stay more even throughout. Won some races where the R7s ( on a hot day) were still fairly solid towards the end of a 30 or 35 minute race and the A7s seemed to be slip sliding away on competitors cars. Either way Hoosiers are great tires , will likely stay the formidable rubber carcass in SCCA, but NASA has gotten in bed with TOYO so heavily now ,that it will see many drivers switching ----- lots of Mustangs that were running in ST/TT2 will be able to make a few mods and run in ST/TT3.
That has a lot of folks considering this tire and since it is heavily used in NASA Spec Classes it does have an advantage of wearing quite well. Notice how often folks on TMO talk about tires, and that is why BS 1 and I tell folks that in almost all cases this is the first and best mod to make to go faster.
That has a lot of folks considering this tire and since it is heavily used in NASA Spec Classes it does have an advantage of wearing quite well. Notice how often folks on TMO talk about tires, and that is why BS 1 and I tell folks that in almost all cases this is the first and best mod to make to go faster.