my current status: deciding which tires to put it in the trailer on. I feel like if I load it up on the treaded rubber it will keep the rain away better.
Photography Credit: Ken Neher
You don't want to miss any of the action from the 2022 Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge Presented by Grassroots Motorsports, scheduled for May 13-14. Follow this thread to get live updates from on and off the track.
Feel free to ask questions, share a comment, or even drop an update or two of your own if you’ll be at Virginia International Raceway this weekend.
The Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge is presented by Grassroots Motorsports in association with Wilwood Engineering, CRC Industries, DeatschWerks, HP Tuners, SPA Technique and Volkswagen, with trophies from BimmerWorld, XS Power Batteries, The Sensor Connection, Track Advantage, Stifflers and Hoosier Tire.
my current status: deciding which tires to put it in the trailer on. I feel like if I load it up on the treaded rubber it will keep the rain away better.
I'll be camping at the track all weekend, which means I'm starting my trip with some minor RV maintenance. Hooray....
Tut tut, looks like rain...
johndej said:Tut tut, looks like rain...
It does indeed. My tire choices are Goodyear RS-R DOT slicks, or Yok A052 "rain" tires. The Yoks are certainly better in the rain tan slicks, but they're not a true rain tire by any stretch. Generally I'm fairly comfortable driving in the rain—racing in Florida all my life has its benefits—but VIR is a pretty technical and FAST circuit, and things can go screwy even in perfect conditions. So I'm definitely going to be sneaking up on the edge more than attacking if rain is the call.
In reply to JG Pasterjak :
Nice! Going with my extreme contact sport for HPDE, should be good for both wet or dry.
Please take and post so many pictures. Particularly take interesting ones of the LMP3 car and other Protoypes, but pictures from the whole Hyperfest event would be appreciated. I went and managed to get Covid and my Isolation period does not allow for attendance. I'm recovering so there will always be next year but I want pictures!!
nocones said:Please take and post so many pictures. Particularly take interesting ones of the LMP3 car and other Protoypes, but pictures from the whole Hyperfest event would be appreciated. I went and managed to get Covid and my Isolation period does not allow for attendance. I'm recovering so there will always be next year but I want pictures!!
Thanks for doing the responsible thing. i think there'll be at least 4 of us posting from the event, so you'll have plenty to read in your seclusion.
nocones said:Please take and post so many pictures. Particularly take interesting ones of the LMP3 car and other Protoypes, but pictures from the whole Hyperfest event would be appreciated. I went and managed to get Covid and my Isolation period does not allow for attendance. I'm recovering so there will always be next year but I want pictures!!
Yes this please! There are so many interesting cars in attendance this year please please please cover the hell out of the them!
And we're on the trailer. 
EDIT: Technically, "in" the trailer.
Wu-Tang!
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