Oval Track VS Drag Slicks?

[Homie_Telefrag]

What exactly is the difference? Got an event comming up, and with no tires to run on the back of my car I asked around at work to see if anyone had anything I could run. One guy brought in a pair of oval track slicks that he said would be just like a regular drag slick except its got the grooves cut into it for the circle track deal. Would these work in place of a normal hoosier drag slick? -Ben

 

[turbo nasty]

Sidewalls for one are going to be stiffer in the RR vs. drag. Pretty sure teh compounds are different as well

 

[TurboDave]

Compounds are completely different, and as stated, sidewalls on the circle track tires are WAY too stiff.

Circle track tires are not made for straight line acceleration.

 

[SGRIM]

They are fun to do burnouts with though:biggrin:

 

[aminga]

I knew someone who showed up at the dragstrip with oval track slicks on his honda and they wouldn't even hook on that.

 

[turboc87gn]

I had a buddy that used them on his fwd daytona turbo.. He ran high 12s with them on the street but...He switched to regular slicks and picked up a half second at the track...

 

[charlief1]

Depends entirely on the tire. What model and compound are they. Some of the tires are soft as an erassor and the side walls are really flexable.