Tire size suggestions and brand

[Michael Beard]

Look at photos from national and divisional events. I think you'll see that Hoosier tires are the most popular.

LOL Well, that's one way to pick a tire. If you look at winner's circle photos, you'll see that Fletcher "and a few others" runs Mickey Thompson tires.

Then you can decide on bias ply or radials. Radials don't grow and will give more rpm's at the finish line. They to be .10 faster but more sensitive to track conditions.

Bias plys have more meat on them. They're slower than radials, but last significantly longer. M/T's don't require a lot of burnout, and I'm thinking my 14x32's will probably dry rot before I wear them out. LOL The M/T radial is more like .012-.013 quicker than a bias ply. I ran the M/T 3066R 30x9 radial full time when my car was a Stocker, even when bracket racing. Unless there was something on the starting line, or the cords were hanging out of them, they printed tickets like crazy. I've heard all kinds of numbers from people about tire life from radials. A lot of Stocker guys will tell you 40-60 runs, and 25psi. I ran mine at 18-19psi, and got 110 runs out of them like clockwork. Mine was still on a narrow rim too.

If you have a consistent staging and launch rpm, try to chose a tire height that helps get/keep your reaction times within a comfortable margin. Taller will be a bit slower and shorter will be a bit faster.

Remember that Myron is talking about front tires and reaction time. The reverse is true in terms of E.T. In general 2" in front tire diameter will get you about .012 in R/T. For detailed information, refer to my guest editorial on ThisIsBracketRacing.com (requires subscription).
http://www.thisisbracketracing.com/g...s=5E5D0406050F

Double-check and make sure you won't have any clearance issues with a large front tire, either from turning, or coming down from a wheelstand.