Wittenauer Motorsports Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 https://www.moderntiredealer.com/retail/article/33001935/fire-at-hankook-plant-under-investigation I have had an order in with Tire Rack for a half dozen Hankook Ventus RS4's, 245/40 R15, since getting back from Road Atlanta. I was informed yesterday that they will not be getting restocked on these tires until 2024 due to a fire at the Korean plant that produced these particular tires. We tried the Falken RT660's this past weekend at NCM and they didn't hold up to the demands of a front wheel drive MINI base model. Nexen's are on back order at Tire Rack. Going to be an interesting year for tires! John 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachMK21 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Ugh. There is another article that says the total burned was around 400,000 tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelPal Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 (edited) I ordered 12pcs 245/15s direct from hankook end of last week. Tires arrived and were still date coded 06/22. Edited March 23 by MichaelPal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvumtnbkr Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 I can tell you that the current version of the nankang crs don't wear very well and don't SEEM to be any faster than the rs4. We went through 8 tires at ncm on a car that gets multiple weekends out of rs4. There is a new version of the crs that will be available soon. They didn't change the name, so ya gotta check date codes. Supposed to wear better and be faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wittenauer Motorsports Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 Now showing out of stock on the Hankook Motorsport site for this size. 3 hours ago, MichaelPal said: I ordered 12pcs 245/15s direct from hankook end of last week. Tires arrived and were still date coded 06/22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelPal Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Wittenauer Motorsports said: Now showing out of stock on the Hankook Motorsport site for this size. F…. hopefully it’s a temporary hold until management can figure out how to distribute current stock. Edited March 23 by MichaelPal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachMK21 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Another point of reference. At Harris Hill we went with the Maxxis VR1 since the Hankook 245's were out of stock on TouchStone's Miata. The pace was similar to RS4's, but the wear was way worse. Went through 10 tires, where a set of RS4's would have lasted the weekend and then maybe another race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rad Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 43 minutes ago, CoachMK21 said: Another point of reference. At Harris Hill we went with the Maxxis VR1 since the Hankook 245's were out of stock on TouchStone's Miata. The pace was similar to RS4's, but the wear was way worse. Went through 10 tires, where a set of RS4's would have lasted the weekend and then maybe another race. This isn't what I wanted to hear. We're running Maxxis at Daytona next weekend. Hopefully 2 sets will get us through. E36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbogrill Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 (edited) 3 hours ago, wvumtnbkr said: I can tell you that the current version of the nankang crs don't wear very well and don't SEEM to be any faster than the rs4. We went through 8 tires at ncm on a car that gets multiple weekends out of rs4. There is a new version of the crs that will be available soon. They didn't change the name, so ya gotta check date codes. Supposed to wear better and be faster. Interesting! I have been running them for the last races, it thought I had more grip than other cars. We also run 255s on a light car. I wonder what would happen if we got the re71rs instead. Edited March 23 by turbogrill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachMK21 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, B-Rad said: This isn't what I wanted to hear. We're running Maxxis at Daytona next weekend. Hopefully 2 sets will get us through. E36 Well, Harris Hill and Daytona are about as different of tracks as you can get. You're almost always under some sort of lateral load at H2R. I think they'll be much better at Daytona. But, watch that front right... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADVNTURR Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Was just logging on to post a heads-up on this. We picked a heck of a year to motor swap and upgrade from 225 to 245. We may just run skinny tires this year since we probably have enough 225's around to get us through our ChampCar season based off the responses on the Maxxis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 16 hours ago, Wittenauer Motorsports said: https://www.moderntiredealer.com/retail/article/33001935/fire-at-hankook-plant-under-investigation I have had an order in with Tire Rack for a half dozen Hankook Ventus RS4's, 245/40 R15, since getting back from Road Atlanta. I was informed yesterday that they will not be getting restocked on these tires until 2024 due to a fire at the Korean plant that produced these particular tires. We tried the Falken RT660's this past weekend at NCM and they didn't hold up to the demands of a front wheel drive MINI base model. Nexen's are on back order at Tire Rack. Going to be an interesting year for tires! John Interesting, I'm switching to RT660s this year because my R-S4s cycle out well before they're worn out. '95 Civic running 245s all around. Do you have comparative numbers for tire life at race pace for R-S4s vs RT660s? And also comparative lap times? TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvumtnbkr Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 From what I have seen.... rt660 are slightly quicker by .5 to 1 seconds. They also MAY not last for a full 8 hour race. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wittenauer Motorsports Posted March 24 Author Report Share Posted March 24 Spoke with Hankook Motorsports today. They said that they got a shipment of 80 of the 245/40-15's in two weeks ago, filled back orders, all gone, not expecting any more this year. https://xtremetm.net/ has/had ~80 of the Cooper RS3's as of yesterday. Agree that the RT660 is ~1.0 seconds faster around Road Atlanta and NCM. Fronts are lasting 6-8 hours, half as long as the Hankook's. John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetterhund Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 13 hours ago, B-Rad said: This isn't what I wanted to hear. We're running Maxxis at Daytona next weekend. Hopefully 2 sets will get us through. E36 FWIW, Last year we ran the Maxxis on our E39 (2883lbs + driver) in 245x40x18 and ran a full weekend at Harris Hill plus a couple track days and a few laps from races where we broke early. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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