[TPR] TIRE ADVISE FROM THE PRO'S

[David]

Thanks for that report!

Sent from my little hand held gizmo

On Aug 23, 2013, at 9:48 AM, TeamPantera <TeamPantera at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Spoke with both Eric and John (chief tire techs for BORR n SSCC)...some of what they shared was opinion and not data so I am not gonna quote them but in general feedback was,
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> NOT to buy run flat tires for anything that will be used in  competition as there have been failures on these cars on Corvettes....and to stay away from 'all-season' and dot race tires as well  unless you are a transgender girl from Oklahoma....okay made up that last part ;-)>
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> John never said,  but Eric said he thought Conti Extreme Contact DW  & the  new Michelin Super Sport tires have excellent reputations and are best of the best.....he said likes the Toyo dot race tires MARK is running but of course they cant ever go fast………okay that last part I  made up ;-)))
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> While he doeant have any data on the NEW  Michelin Super Sport he said there are some new  high speed  design improvements on all the tires mentioned and the Michelin & Conti tires are both are Y rated.
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> Both citing Pirelli, BFG, Bridgestone,Dunlap, Goodyear, Kumho, and Yoko tire FAILURES......but they will back off on reasons why citing unknown tire age, tire condition, course condition, etc. 
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> But when I hear repeated tires failures for the Pirelli etc tires it seems pretty clear not.all the OLD failures were hitting debris, forgetting to check inflation or going 200 mph.
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> So good feedback.
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> Consensus
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