My First Track Day ...

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Make a trip out to a 3Balls event and it will rain.

ChrisSlicks

I've only done one 3Balls event and it was blazing hot, guess I got lucky! I'll be up your way on July 30th - 31st with COMSCC at Mosport, you're more than welcome to join us.

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sig11

Damn! I would come up there but I'll be at Grattan with 3balls July 28-29... probably be wiped out (and broke since we're having a charity auction! : )

cossie1600

I drove them im pouring rain. They werent great, but it could be worse. I hit close to 120 at lrp with th em .

sixpax

LOL ... sounds like some chit that would happen to me. I could buy an ice scraper on sale and it wouldn't snow again until the following year.

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cossie1600

Btw how small did you go on your wets? I am thinking about 245 all around

I wanted to go to summit, but wife says no and I have no backup tires....

ResIpsa

I was running Hoosier R-6’s for the event. My RE-11’s are what I drove to the track with and are about 2/32nds in the rear. And they are 305/30/19’s…

Yes, very scary in the rain.

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Mike

I ran Road Atlanta on AD-08s in the rain. Car was very squirrely. Narrow probably would be better.

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ChrisSlicks

I went 245 square on base 18's.

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ChrisSlicks

Any kind of standing water is instant loss of traction, so as long as the drainage is okay they are acceptable. Nothing beats real wets though, it's worth 10 seconds on a short track, more on a longer one.

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cossie1600

Good choice, I was thinking of the same thing

I was told the ad08 is better than the re11 in the rain, but I never drove it in the rain myself.

Does it make a huge difference going from 285 to 245 assuming you are on the same compound?

Yeah I remember how bad the car was running over any water puddles. Still, it is nowhere as bad as the oem tires. In pouring rain, I was running over 16 sec slower at lime rock. Of course self preservation kicks in once you realize how stupid it is to do time trial in downpours

sig11

I actually preferred the RE-11 In the rain to the AD08. The AD08 seems to dance more.

Then again I do have that video of the sudden spin in the rain at Grattan on RE-11s with VDC on.

Mike

Apparently, it felt smoother than it was. I was with an instructor that day, getting checked out for advanced and once or twice we felt us getting a little slippery, but two other instructors asked about how I did because they said it looked like I was driving right on the edge and could lose it any minute. I never did though

I think going to a narrower tire of the same compound in the rain would be a definite improvement, because you aren't plowing as much water around.

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MightyBobo

Gotta trust your instructor. He's there to instill confidence in you, but push you safely. If he's telling you to give more power (and sounding like he's cracking the whip), unless you know something he doesn't know, he's probably right.

What he (likely) didn't know is that Six didn't have good oil cooling or safe brakes, and what he was doing was really the best for him at the time.

Still watching the video Six, but it sounds like no matter what you're hooked

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cossie1600

You need to leave the VDC off and trust yourself and the tires, they will grip eventually. It might spin a little, well maybe a lot first.