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Old 06-04-2015, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by MOmo
Our track (and I run in the same region as MarkA) doesn't allow Pin tires at all. Our track does double duty, Onroad 3 days, offroad 4 days. That said, the Pin tires would do a bit more damage to the Ozite track and play hell on the sedans and oval cars. All our offroaders use Slicks or a variation, as Mark states, Primes have become very popular.

Foams are ONLY allowed in SC, no other class.

Its hard to judge a "fast tire" but as mark stated, the Schumi pins tend to dominate esp if its thicker or more commercial grade carpet or astro. With our Ozite and how much it cost, the track owner made a decision for slicks and that combined with traction compound (1 allowed compound sold at the store) it helps out not only the offroad, but onroad as well.


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To clarify, one of our carpet OffRoad track in the area is slicks-only, the other allows pins and they do vastly outrun slicks there.
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