LeMons Tires

[Khiem Dinh]

I think that you should get the cheapest tires possible that will last the
distance.  Lemons is a 'unique' race in that it's not really about the
racing.

At the race a few weeks back here in Cali, one of my friends was on a team
that had their car guised up as a police car, with a light bar and
everything.  They went out with the light bar on, got black flagged and told
to turn it off.  Went back out, got black flagged because it wasn't on!

Later in the race, they black flagged all the cars that looked like police
cars because they wanted to have a police car parade through the pits.

In a word, I wouldn't plan on trying to 'win'.  My buddy and I did come up
with the idea of a lap dance for the judges as a bribe (from a female of
course).  Everyone else seems to give them booze and porn.

 > Message: 5
> > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:35:53 -0500
> > From: Grover Pickering <groverpickering at gmail.com>
> > Subject: LeMons Tires (was Tire Size which was NX Highway Cruisin')
> > To: se-r at se-r-list.org
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> > Ok, we've been talking Tires for the LeMons car. This topic peaked my
> > interest.
> >
> > I've heard the track in Texas (MSR Houston) is pretty easy on tires and
> you
> > should be able to go the distance on one set. We'll have a backup set and
> > possibly some rains.
> >
> > LeMons racing is probably 8/10's or so most of the time. The idea is to
> be
> > competitive - but there at the finish. So, we won't be at the limit for
> 12
> > hours straight.
> >
> > Here are tires that seem popular among the LeMons crowd.
> > Fuzion ZRi
> > Falken Azenis-RT615s
> > General Exclaim UHP
> > Hankook RS2
> > Hankook Z212s
> >
> > We have also noticed the Yokohoma S.Drive, Dunlop Direzza, and BFG
> G-force
> > Sport.
> >
> > I would like a tire that will last with solid grip for a very long time.
> Be
> > able to be abused for a time and come back. Have a pretty stiff sidewall
> > and be predictable. Provide feedback to the driver and allow some
> > mistakes. Warm up nicely and grip really well when the time comes toward
> > the end. Have at least ok grip in the rain (not monsoon) so a wet track
> > doesn't require a tire change. Oh - and cheap :).
> >
> > Based on Tire Rack feedback. The RS2's seem like the best choice. But, I
> > wanted to see what experience ya'll had with HPDE or track days with any
> of
> > these tires. I realize that I won't get the prefect tire for $75 - but
> > LeMons really doesn't require perfection as much as reliability.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Grover
> *
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