jmabarone Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 So I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on some Konig Rewinds for the RX7. Planning to run Daytona in April. My thought is to have 2 spares and cycle them throughout the race. My question would be this: If you assume to use up 1 set of tires for a race weekend (double 7, 14 hour, etc.), how many mounted spares do you have available in the pits? Yes, I know that we have a new tire changing rule for this year, so I am more talking about dealing with flat tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Depends upon the tire you use, we can make it through an entire race without changing tires but keep 1 or 2 spare for debris or accidents 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMiskoe Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 We rarely go to the track with less than 10 M&B, ready to go. If there was on-site tire swapping ability it would be less, but that seems to be a rarity at Champ events. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 10 - 12 wheels and tires, 6 being the mains for the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappy Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 If you expect 4 to last the whole race weekend, 6 minimum. I would bring two full sets myself (one set might be used tires from a previous race). We've had a weekend where we lost 3 to incidents. One flat early in the race weekend, and then got hit mid day the second day that destroyed two wheels. It's rare, but it can happen. Assuming you have a wheel/tire size that is pretty common, there are normally people that would be willing to help at the track if you were in situation where you needed some. Whether that be loose tires that you would need to get mounted, or spare mounted they are willing to let you use for a fee (tire's ain't cheap! :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETR Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Depends on tire choice, but I'll assume it won't be the sticky ickys. Running RS4's and now Conti ECF's on a miata we've always taken two full sets. One used, one new. The used set is what we last raced on. We use them for practice and then grab as needed if unfortunate events occur during the race weekend. The new set then become the next practice/backups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gkuhn41 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 If you run RS4's and are not flat spotting tires, 6. If like us you abused the heck out of tires 8 M&B with 2 spares ready to mount. If you run tires that cant make 2 full days. 12 M&B or 8M&B and 4 unmounted with a way to mount after day one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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