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Originally Posted by Spanky855
Sooooo
I visited Worksop yesterday to spectate at my first race for 30years and I was absolutely blown away, the speed, the jumps, the amazing driving and the number of drivers and I have to say the organisation was exceptionally good. I thoroughly enjoyed it and cannot wait to get in your way when my K2 roller is up and running at Christmas 
One thing that I cannot get my head around is Control Tyres.
My understand at yesterday's event is that the tyres had to be brand new and only be used for the day? Considering that they are now glued and their not cheap for anyone especially the children and teens racing is this really the way forward? As I said I am new to modern racing so and thoughts and advise regarding tyres is much appreciated.
I live in Mansfield and planning to run at Mansfield, Shirebrook, Worksop and Robin Hood Raceway, so would be interested to know the tyres used at these venues and any other venues you recommend, especially for newbies which considering what I saw yesterday I certainly am happy to carry that label.
Lee |
There's a reason you can only use one new set at the start of the Worksop meeting, it's pretty unique though, I don't think anywhere else has had to go to the level we've had to.
For the last 10 years we have used Schumacher mini-pins as a control tyre, to get the most out of them though you needed to chop the pins off with snips until you could barely feel them, almost slicks, this was a faff but if you wanted to be competitive at all you had to do it. The other problem that sits with this is tyre additive - be this WD40 or other tyre additive, these soften the tyre and make it stickier, it is of course banned, we don't want any chemicals on the hall floor or for people to come into contact with.
As you will have seen, the level of competition at Worksop is intense and goes from literally the best in the world to club racers, it has to be fair for all though whether you're flying in to race, driving from Scotland or coming from down the road. You can use the tyres from Worksop anywhere else you please, so you will probably get 3-4 meetings out of the tyres.
The tyre we are using has been specifically designed for that venue at great expense. Hopefully it will transfer to other similar surfaces but these are few and far between.
If you're racing outdoors at RHR then buy some blue darts, they'll last ages (for the dry) for the wet buy some silver darts.
I sell a lot of my part used wheels and tyres very cheap at RHR, so you can race on a budget easily.