Tyres for track days

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Tyres for track days

Postby Jester » Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:11 am

As the subject above

I have had the Striker a few years now & I am hoping to finely do some track days

After sorting a lot of problems out with it.

The Striker currently sits on alloys with Yokohama A539 tyres

The question is are these ok for track days ( to get the best out of the Striker)

Or do I need to spend out on some super sticky tyres like Proxes

I might well be driving to and from the circuit in the Striker

Thanks in advance
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Re: Tyres for track days

Postby peter030371 » Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:35 pm

A539 will overheat very quickly on a dry track. I have used them on a very wet Brands Hatch and I have to be honest they were horrible. I have R888r at the moment and they are great in the dry and OK in the wet but then nothing other than a full wet race tyre will work well on a '7' in the wet on track.

My current set of R888r are from ebay, part worn with an age date of 10 months old. Very cheap, £200 for all four. I believe they had been used on a Caterham for one race /test day and then they splash the cash on a new set for the next session!

I have used semi-slick track focused tyres on all my Strikers since the end of the 90's for many thousands on road miles. 'Normal' car tyres are too hard for a light car like the Striker and never really give much grip.
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Re: Tyres for track days

Postby Jester » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:59 pm

Excellent bit of feedback there.

Peter

What would you say was the track life span of the R888r

would be driving at Castle Combe

I wont be racing just track day fun maybe twice a year
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