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02-13-2012, 04:51 AM | #1 |
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I have to say the new STF class the yaris is in, is insane.. Here is a post from my first event of the year in my region. It was a really big turnout. a few people were there that are not normally there from up north which bumped my Pax placement down a few.
ANYway, I placed 29th place out of 72 in RAW time. placed 6th place in Pax time.. crazy http://buccaneerregion.com/ce-1-12.html I just got back from Jacksonville Florida where they just had their 2nd event of the year. http://buccaneerregion.org/jax-2-12.html 1st place in my class out of 3 others, 2 drivers in a Fit and me 10th place Raw time out of I think 50 drivers 1st place in pax out of + or - 50 drivers what a weekend..
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02-13-2012, 07:23 AM | #2 |
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02-13-2012, 08:09 PM | #3 |
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Can't understand why they keep adding more Classes, doen't it kinda dilute the car counts and spread them really thin?
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02-13-2012, 08:39 PM | #4 |
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I agree, its insane how many classes there are. I will say, We dont have a "Street Tire" class in savannah, but Jacksonville added their own tire class with stock class. I guess so it gives the newbies off the street a fighting chance against the guys in stock class with Rcomp tires.
but, I do it for fun and becoming a better driver. When you start trying to argue about classes though, it brings the fun out of the sport. I will leave that to the "national's" peoples
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02-13-2012, 09:53 PM | #5 |
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Guess I'm just used to the good old days, when we had Stock, Street Prepared, Prepared, and Modified, thats all. Most everyone ran Novice on street tires, then R compounds when they moved to Stock or Street Prepared. I was forced by lack of funds to run street tires at the '84 Solo Nationals and still wasn't last in class, but pretty close!!
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02-14-2012, 01:07 AM | #6 |
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I would sell Girl Scout cookies, in a skirt, to fund R comps.... there's no turning back....
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02-14-2012, 09:01 AM | #7 |
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02-14-2012, 04:35 AM | #8 |
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I swear these Hankook RS-3's are so close to R comps its retarded. EVERYBODY is running these tires in ST class right now. IF I had a turbo or swap motor, I would run R comps also.. nothing beats them
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02-14-2012, 08:10 AM | #9 |
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Todays R-compounds are like the slicks of the 80s and early 90s, with the street tires better than the Rs we used to run! The Toyo RA-1 we still run today is about the only tire that hasn't changed in years!
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02-14-2012, 11:55 AM | #10 |
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Everybody except the winners... Who are running the Toyo - they swept ever class at the 2011 Solo Nationals except STU, which was won on Yokohamas. There are some great tires out there, but none of them match the top tier Rs. And if you want a real treat try a full race slick, they make Rs feel like street tires.
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02-14-2012, 08:33 AM | #11 |
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http://buccaneerregion.org/jax-2-12.html
Sunday Autox event at Jacksonville. 1st in pax.. They will probably redo the pax for next year in the STF class. Its kinda unfair. lol. either that or I am just that good.. hahaha
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02-14-2012, 09:17 AM | #12 |
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So wish I could be running events right now... we're still around the freezing mark and have snow on the ground up here :(
Congrats on doing well!
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02-14-2012, 11:23 AM | #13 |
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^I am surprised you dont have rally events during times like these. I would be all over that also.
Thanks.
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02-14-2012, 02:22 PM | #14 |
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I am not saying R comps are not amazing.. I used to run them on my CRX in SSM class.. But I am trying to stick with STF class with my yaris.
Which Toyo tire are you talking about? Both Proxes 4 and T1 are only available in 18" and 19" from tirerack right now. I dont see any other tires that are worth anything.. *EDIT* I found proxes 4 at another dealer also in 225/50/15.. Are those the one's you are talking about? If I put on R comps, That will throw me in the Street Prepared class and I cannot throw more money in that class to be competitive. I'd like to stick with the STF class at least for the rest of this year.
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Quote:
The 195-50-15 is the magic size that is crushing everything else.
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wow.. Awesome.. thanks for that info.. I will look further into these. May try these out in a few months
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02-14-2012, 09:29 PM | #17 |
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I ran R1R's on my car, they were great, sticky enough and PREDICTABLE.
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02-14-2012, 10:59 PM | #18 |
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I ran R1R's a couple years ago for time attacks. Very good. Didn't need warming up, and kicked butt in the rain ( with full tread). I get Grassroots Motorsports magazine, and according to tests the Rs3 outperform, but I haven't been on them yet. Seems like all the small cars out here run either R1R's or Rs3's, and the larger cars like STIs and Bimmers swear by Star specs.
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