Originally Posted by
Apex
I notice a lot of guys running DD up front for carpet to keep car from traction rolling. Why don't you just run CC and glue the sidewalls of the tires like Wilck and Rheinard do? Take a look at Wilck's ETS pictures from the Budapest race and you'll see he's running CC and gluing his tires about half to 2/3rds of the way up from the bead.
Switching to D width in the front helps stabilize the car and tone down the steering. Gluing the side of the tire simply takes away sidewall traction from the tire.