[Hal Copple]

I have an extra four Trigo's, bought as "seconds" from Lynn Park, (they look flawless to me, he even painted them to match my SPF wheels), and run used Hoosier radial "slicks" on track events. Picked up 6 of them for $40 each.

I was worried as race tires, that they would be an "all or nothing" tire, and being a novice, i would not notice the limits, and spin out a lot. No such thing. Very controllable, even for a rookie like me, not an abrupt tire at all. On my car, with the light weight, negligable tire wear, too. I have run them briefly to events on the street, not something i would want to do much, as they do pick up rocks and sand and such. Hoosier does make a track and an AutoX version. They have a new race tire coming out, but not yet in my sizes.

If you want to read track and autoX comparisons of tires, DOT, race, etc, Grassroots Motorsports over the past few years has done just that, i saved the articles, i would think you can access it on their website (if they have one). Basically, the TD's wore fast, the Race Radials were the best.

Remember, race tires really load your suspension and brakes.

Mac DeMere, chief test driver for Micheliin here in SC, has driven my SPF many miles on race tracks, instructing. He loves my car, and says it will pull 1.20-1.3 G's. He ought to know, he drives instrumented cars all day long.

I am sure there are any number of good tires, i just find no reason to leave the DOT Hoosiers (race) i have now.

Don't even think about driving on them in rain, though.