He did really well for his first time driving hard. WNY-SCCA scores their event as a "2-day", in which they take your best morning time and add it to your best afternoon time. Mike got faster on each run, but got a cone on each of his best morning and afternoon runs. They were still his fastest times, even with the 2 second penalty. He finished 19th out of 26 in the Novice class, but would have been 8th if not for those 2 cones.
My goal was to use my new tires (Federal 595ss, cheaaaaap but apparently decent) to win tire class, but when I signed up on-site they didn't add the "T" to my class to put me in tire class, so I ended up running in FSP all by myself, where I was already in 1st in points despite missing three events.
It's a class that any car on street tires 200 treadwear or below can enter, so you could be in a slow ol' rolla like mine or a brand new BRZ with RE-71rs and be in "tire" class if you want.
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Finished the last SOLO event of our region's calendar last weekend
Either way, I got to finally try the car on decent tires. It was interesting! They were a bit softer feeling than my old tires despite having 8psi more air and stiffer sidewalls. I think they just had so much more grip that the sidewall had much more force to put up with.
Oh, and if I'd been in Tire class, I'd have won; and finally beaten that 350z on Hankook RS3's that always beats me by 2sec. And at the venue that favors power more than any other we go to! So I'm quite happy with my $50ea Federals.
Goodbye corolla:sadface:
Corolla isn't going anywhere xD
I found Federal 595 RSRR that should work for pretty cheap, for the rear anyway. They should come in a size for the front but I haven't found em yet.Nice. But wait until the first time you need new tires#supersadface
