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What Short Course Tires Do You Run?

Old 01-25-2016, 10:56 AM
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Kind of curious what most people are racing with for short course. When I started out you had to have the bar code gold compounds. That was all anybody ran. Now the offerings are insane and people are running everything trying to get a leg up on everybody else, I've come to terms that the best tire for me is the Pro-Line Electron MC, I run it on all of my vehicles. If I can't get Electrons I usually run an AKA Chain Link. What about you guys?
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Proline Suburbs are apparently the big 4x4 SCT choice at LSR... www.lsrspeedway.com I was using barcodes and they told me I should switch, haven't tried them yet.

Medium traction clay surface indoor track.
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Originally Posted by HoldDaMayo
Proline Suburbs are apparently the big 4x4 SCT choice at LSR... www.lsrspeedway.com I was using barcodes and they told me I should switch, haven't tried them yet.

Medium traction clay surface indoor track.
I run at LSR, too. I know Rob always runs suburbs, I've never tried them. They seem identical to bar codes to me?
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Just depends on track surface and conditions. Indoor clay or treated super packed dirt, I like Typos and Electrons. I really like Typos
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out here I can get to tracks that are either carpet or old school dirt.

So it can range from slicks to a ion style tread (they don't allow hard pin carpet tires at the track I am going to in the winter) or dirt tires like blockades or a caliber style tread.
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On our local clay track we start with something like the Suburbs or Deja Vu on a fresh rebuild but after about two weeks everyone is back to either Electrons in SS or slicks. There are folks running 3d's when its a little looser as well.
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AKA Deja Vu, AKA Wishbone and Panther Rattler super softs on indoor clay. AKA Cityblocks and Proline Blockades outdoors
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Originally Posted by Norse
Just depends on track surface and conditions. Indoor clay or treated super packed dirt, I like Typos and Electrons. I really like Typos
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Originally Posted by platgof
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Really love Typos on the front. Hell I love them on all 4 corners when it comes to clay and hard packed treated dirt tracks.
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Clay tires work best at our track.

Barcodes are OK on 4x4, but could not make them work on 2wd. Suburbs are much better. If the track is clean, Electrons work even better.
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[QUOTE=rcus3r;14366713]Clay tires work best at our track.

Barcodes are OK on 4x4, but could not make them work on 2wd. Suburbs are much better. If the track is clean, Electrons work even better.[/QUOTE

If you have not tried Typo's before you should give them a shot. They do offer them in Clay Comp.

The are an amazing front tire for both 2wd and 4wd applications when used on clay or hard packed treated dirt tracks.
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