[TomChan]

Originally Posted by Dr K

That's an impressive video. France, driver of the car Levitis slid into (certainly not like he was the only one sliding out there) took a swing at him. And Levitis barely tapped him (certainly compared to the other wrecks). Not sure what the back story was there.

France was pissed about Levitas trying to make it back on track by kept backing into his car. Levitas was trying get back on track and pit with a broken windshield during the caution laps. We had rain tires, fuel, fresh windshield, and Pobst standing by on pit lane. But didn't work out. France and Levitas shortly after became friends as France said he'd have done the same thing in that situation.

[Chopper Dropper]

Originally Posted by TomChan

Nop. Just want to be prepared. I haven't driven WG. The number do times I have been there as crewman have always rained at some point during the events. Better to have wet-compatible tires and not need them...

Rain at the Glen is not so much a problem as the weather can be different over different portions for quite some time, one half dry and the other half wet with little warning. All wet one knows about!
Dirk

[N0tt0N]

Vranko/thelittlemrs and I separately ran into a wall of water going into 1 one after the other when it was only lightly drizzling everywhere else. Weird. Nice run-off area.

You will love WGI, Tom!

[vranko]

Originally Posted by N0tt0N

Vranko/thelittlemrs and I separately ran into a wall of water going into 1 one after the other when it was only lightly drizzling everywhere else. Weird. Nice run-off area.

You will love WGI, Tom!

Yes. That was fun . Took out thelittlemrs for a ride along in just a slight drizzle on Hoosiers. Then hit a wall of water in T1. Saw it coming so braked almost early enough. Still slide across T1 and used a lot of the run-off to get back on track (the wide NASCAR line!). I asked thelittlemrs what she though, she said she had her eyes closed

First time I was ever at the glen. One run the bus stop was completely flooded, hydroplaned through it mostly, opposite side of the track was completely dry.

[Otto]

tom

i picked up a set of r888 at radial tire after leaving tpc

i just drove them to mid-ohio, where it rained most of saturday, then drove them back home sunday

for more than a year i ran nt01s

yes, r888 are a bit better in the rain, but not worth it in my view

the nt01 and the r888 are both about as noisy, but the r888 produces a higher pitched noise that is more difficulty to live with

in fact i am looking for someone to carry mine to the glen, if there are any takers out there, i live in herndon, va

anyway, paul said i would like the r888, but i am still undecided

i did one and a half sessions in the rain, and that was enough for me last weekend

[vranko]

^ Yea, R888s are very noisy!

[Otto]

at the glen last time there were rivers of water crossing the track at different points long after the rain stopped and the track otherwise was dry

hitting them too fast will make you pucker

[TomChan]

Originally Posted by OttoBurgess

at the glen last time there were rivers of water crossing the track at different points long after the rain stopped and the track otherwise was dry

hitting them too fast will make you pucker

You're scaring me to the point I'm considering changing my tire order to full street...

[Otto]

lol

your the one that posted the video of mike losing his grip!

that is enough to make most sane people stay off the track when it rains

however, if your going to go out in the rain with a 'crossover' r-comp tire, r888 seems like a good choice

by the way, my left front r888 was badly warn at mid-ohio and i really on ran two days hard on them

granted, i perhaps pushed too hard trying to catch this little bright blue m3 that schooling me in the curves on sunday

[N0tt0N]

Standing water is simply dangerous and not a learning experience unless you are training to race in the rain or VIP escort. Damp track in drizzle is a different story. My NT01s did what I wanted them to do in the damp - skid just like they would have had I been driving faster in the dry. Very useful and still quite good in the dry.

No experience with R888 but I don't think I'd compromise what you like in the dry for the "off chance" (see what I did there?) of wanting to drive through standing water.