NTAXS Winter Autocross #1, 1/30/2011, Pennington F
Excited to see what we can do with his car. 
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Originally Posted by gernby,Jan 7 2011, 01:02 PM
Isn't Pennington pretty hard on tires? I'm still on the same set of StarSpecs, and my rears are below the wear bars.
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Originally Posted by S2k_MoZo,Jan 7 2011, 07:52 AM
Pennington is definitely one of the best surfaces that is not hard on tires or car or anything else. Perfect location for noobs to start. I never thought I'd miss the first event of the year like this since I am dying to autocross but I won't be in town...or in USA till first week of Feb..lol
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Originally Posted by gernby,Jan 7 2011, 12:52 PM
I figured they would definitely last through 8 runs. I was thinking more about whether to throw Iain a bone. 
My car is nearly stock, so you'll probably want to share a more competitive car. But if we get down to 11th hour, you're welcome to it. Us Asians gotta stick together right Iain?
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Originally Posted by gernby,Jan 7 2011, 02:52 PM
I figured they would definitely last through 8 runs. I was thinking more about whether to throw Iain a bone.
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Originally Posted by rioyellows2k,Jan 7 2011, 03:50 PM
Us Asians gotta stick together right Iain?
Greg, the only thing I'd caution is that Star Specs have a different tire compound down near the wear bars which is much harder than the outer casing. On my tires I could cactually see the delineation between the two casings once I got close to the wear bars - it looked like the tire was cording in patches, but instead of belts showing there was another layer of rubber underneath.
Scott, I don't necessarily mind driving a near stock car, if it's on good tires. Chances are whatever I buy will be stock or close to stock for awhile unless I find the right modded car to buy - the kiddo is doing a number on my mod money these days.
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My tires are still ok, not to the wear bars, but I am thinkint the star specs aren't 100% since I DD them + winter I don't know what the heat cycling has done to them. They were fine at ECR last month, but it seemed like they reacted to tire pressure changes more than ususal.