[slowTA]

I signed up for phase 1 and 2 of the New York Evo school in a few weeks.

I'm assuming everyone takes the school on street tires since 20 to 40 runs for each day can use up a set of R compounds. Right now I have 45 runs on mine and want them to last the season, another 4 events at about 8 runs each.

Is there anything unusual I should expect for the weekend.... besides a ton of vehicular abuse?

(IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif) Hoping for no rain!

[CrashTestDummy]

Tire abuse depends a lot on the car. Most GM F-Bods are pretty easy on tires. Our camber-challenged SVO, OTOH, would use up front tires pretty regularly. I wouldn't think of taking it to a Phase 1 or 2 with Dot-R tires. I've seen people burn up sticker Dot-Rs, as well as street tires at these events. When my wife and I take these schools, we usually bring separate cars, on street tires. That way we don't worry about overheating a car, cooking a set of tires, or having to rush to swap drivers around.

Whatever tires you use, use something you won't have to worry about. The point of the Phase 1 and 2 schools is to learn skills that you can apply in any car, with any tire. You just need to be able to concentrate on learning those skills instead of worrying if you have any cord showing. Yes, you can learn a bunch near the limit on a set of Dot-Rs, but there are plenty of useful skills to be learned on street tires. You'll learn to not be late in a slalom just as well on expen$ive racing tires as on your DD street tires.

Go have fun. And yeah, the school is a lot more enjoyable if it doesn't rain.