bradnettle69
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Racing on a hard-packed clay 1/5 oval in the Predator 400 class. Only about 4-5 karts per week in the class. Not a big class, same guy has apparently been dominating all year and everyone else has been battling for second.
I don't want to be fully involved with prepping tires in the days leading up to a race. I only really would like to do prep work trackside the day of a race. With that being said, are there any suggestions on what tires I should buy for the kart in order to limit how much prep I need to do. I'm really only doing this for hobby in a small town but don't want to go out there and spin out every week in dead last. Track was apparently super slick the past few weeks but is usually medium bite.
It should also be noted I'd rather not mess with internal prep, I really only want to do the external prep. Most of the riders at the track now run vega or burris. I explored buying MAXXIS EL or Hoosier tires, even looked at Cobra. Seems like the area is not very into the sport, I mentioned buying MAXXIS and was told only the 'big-wig rich people' buy them.
If anyone has any advice on tires to buy and what prep is good for what I am looking for I would appreciate any advice I can get.
I don't want to be fully involved with prepping tires in the days leading up to a race. I only really would like to do prep work trackside the day of a race. With that being said, are there any suggestions on what tires I should buy for the kart in order to limit how much prep I need to do. I'm really only doing this for hobby in a small town but don't want to go out there and spin out every week in dead last. Track was apparently super slick the past few weeks but is usually medium bite.
It should also be noted I'd rather not mess with internal prep, I really only want to do the external prep. Most of the riders at the track now run vega or burris. I explored buying MAXXIS EL or Hoosier tires, even looked at Cobra. Seems like the area is not very into the sport, I mentioned buying MAXXIS and was told only the 'big-wig rich people' buy them.
If anyone has any advice on tires to buy and what prep is good for what I am looking for I would appreciate any advice I can get.