Originally Posted by InspGadgt

Generally if you pick tires that most the top drivers in your area are using you will be in the ball park. As you noticed though due to differences in driving style you may alter that tire combo but it is likely to not alter much.

This brings to mind another question that has been on my mind ever since the Snowbirds...Typically in full sized racing teams will run the hardest tire they can get away with and still maintain a competitive amount of traction. So as grip goes up tires get harder. The reason explained to me was to reduce friction which makes the car faster. Now racing pan car on asphault this seems to hold true as when our grip comes up we tend toward harder tires. But why is it in carpet racing we run so much softer of a tire? So soft in fact that the tires have to be trued very small to keep the cars from traction rolling.