Tires—as with virtually all forms of motorsports—are an important part of being competitive in the 24 Hours of LeMons. Rules state that you can't venture below a 190 treadwear rating and the tire has to be DOT-approved. And that's about it.
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People always talk about using race tires for more than one event. I do not understand...24 hour Chump on a stock engined Integra needs 8 tires for us. I have also encountered legend that has Hoosiers lasting for more than 3 hours on an IT car...
Streetwiseguy wrote:
People always talk about using race tires for more than one event. I do not understand...24 hour Chump on a stock engined Integra needs 8 tires for us. I have also encountered legend that has Hoosiers lasting for more than 3 hours on an IT car...
Are you heat cycling your tires before you go race on them? Killing them with too much/not enough camber, toe out of whack? We get 36 hours out of a set of Rival's (non-S).