Choosing and Using Wheel Cleaners
Regardless whether you’re working on your racecar, street car, family car or tow vehicle, the wheels will get dirty. If you wash a car,...
Tech Matters: Back to Back
Toyo Tires offers comparison test drives in cars with its new R888R and its outgoing R888.
There’s a special feeling waking up knowing that in...
Setting Air Pressures for HPDE
You made it to your first track day. It is something you have been waiting to do for a long time, and you finally...
Track Tire Basics – The selection, care and feeding of racing tires
The fundamentals of racing tire management can be broken down into three areas: pre-event preparation, at the race track and on the track. Whether...
The How and Why of NASA’s New Super Touring Tire Measurement System
The new Super Touring rules regarding section width came about because NASA tech inspectors were finding numerous tires — not just one brand or...
We’re Not Here to Reinvent the Wheel – We Just Wanted to Understand It...
The idea for the subject of this month’s “Tech Matters” stemmed from a shameful lack of understanding on my part about wheel offset, what...
Sized Accordingly – Understanding tire sizes and spring rates
It is important that the proper wheel width be used for a given tire size. Tire companies provide data for each tire they make,...
Wet or Dry, the Toyo Tires R1R Delivers
A few months of driving what was supposed to be my track car on a daily basis had morphed me into a masochist. I...
Tuning Tires – Tracking tire temperatures and tuning your setup accordingly can pay dividends...
Whether you road race, autocross, run in Time Trial or HPDE, your goal is always to extract maximum performance from your car. Driving and...
Getting a Grip – Examining the elements of tire traction
Tires get more conversation than probably any other item on a racecar, yet they are largely misunderstood. Everyone has theories about how to use...
