RTH2 Results Are In!

[Tony Bolton]

Were those tires shaved? I though you had to have SOME grooves to be a real DOT street tire.. lol

I would love to see the DSE or other top finisher run the track on the same tires as the Z06.. bet it would knock a bit off ;)

It's got a couple grooves in it, just like the Kumho V710 tires I run. Tires don't need to be shaved, but they do need to be heat cycled(think rolled on a hot drum to allow the rubber to expand and reform to establish grip and shape). My car(that 240hp Mustang)has run that course at 61.01 seconds, best of. I did some exhibition/demonstration runs in my car on a GREAT street tire and was running like high 63's or low 64's. Now, my car probably has THE LEAST hp of any car there, and thanks to just a set of sticky tires, i'm able to mix it up with greater cars. The tire type is even more of a factor on higher prepared machines. Just imagine John Forces top fuel funny car if it had some BFG KDW's or something on it!!!