Question on tires for first HDPE

[Racer Boy]

Originally Posted by PaulE

Thanks, this is going to be my first HDPE. I'll be in the green group and only driving with an instructor. From what I understand, the instructor will drive me around for a few laps in the first session and after that, I'll be driving with the instructor as my passenger for the rest of the sessions. I'm not envisioning that I'll be driving to the point where my tires will be slipping, so should I expect they will wear that much?

It's impossible to say if your tires will wear much. There's just too many factors that affect that, such as - how fast will you be going in the turns, how hard you'll be braking, how smooth of a driver you are, alignment set-up, temperature, the abrasiveness of the track surface, and on and on.

It sounds like you are what I would call a novice, so you probably won't be that hard on your tires. Just enjoy yourself and don't worry about the tires. If you do ruin your tires, well, you drive a Porsche, so you must be able to afford lots of expensive things!