STF posts

[ilikerice]

Well. Dixie Nationals is coming up in less than 2 weeks. I feel like I have become a much better driver in the past year. After going to many conventions and be able to participate in the Evolution Driver school a month ago, I feel my driver mod has increased.

Nothing has really changed much except tires. I got a chance to talk to Andy Holis at the MSX Expo/SCCA conference a few weeks ago. During a Tire panel with BFgoodrich and Hoosier Reps as the speakers. I was asking questions the pros/cons between going with a 225 and a 205 tire on either a 7" rim or 7.5" rim. They wanted to talk to me after the panel but they got swamped with other people, so I started out the door. Then Andy stopped me and we started talking.
Basically he said you loose tire stiffness when you pinch a tire on the rim with street tires. You want lateral side wall but a slight stretch is recommended. He suggest to go with a 205 on my 7.5" rim. So I did.
Purchased 4 205/50/15 BFGoodrich Rivals. I have yet to really try them out in the dry. Our last event was all wet so was hard to dial in. But I was able to get 1st in Pax again, and I feel I wasn't giving it 100%. So thats good.

So far only 4 STF drivers.. I have signed up for contengencies for BFG and Hawk, but need 5 starters in order to get awards. Hopefully 1 more will sign up..

Where you at Andres?