shifter77

OK i know its not a great idea but i dont have a choice . The drive from my hood to homestead about 40mls or less. Will the drive hurt the tire for track performance. BRAND NEW R6.

L98Terror

Answer is it won't help, but if you're driving to the track I'm guessing you are not racing so who cares.

I've done it. I think your biggest issue is picking up a nail or something.

Jason

If the choices were drive 40miles on race tires or not go to the track, I'd drive on them.

Doesn't it rain every day in Florida?

rbl

Does not matter if you have no choice ...

RedLS1GTO

I have driven a lot of miles (not at once) on R6 with no issues at all when op-testing new parts or going to an occasional cruise-in. I don't see where it would be a problem unless you are unlucky enough to pick something up and get a flat.

95jersey

picking up something that causes a flat could be VERY likely. I wouldn't be so worried about wear, heat or rain, but getting a flat.

I drove my car to the dealer with my hoosier's twice to get minor work done (less than 2 miles from my house) and both times I got a flat.

I know for a fact you can fit 3 C6Z tires with rims inside the car. See if someone can come with you for the day and carry the third or all 3 and change them at the track.

bearnest

If you are like me and dont have extra track wheels,just change the backs and carry fronts to the track and do them there. If no one is at track to change tires you have no other option.

69427

I'm absolutely amazed when someone does a track day without trailering the car there. What do you do if you blow a tire, or go off track and mess up the suspension, or break the transmission (I sheared third gear one time)? How do you get home, and how do you get the car home? A basic open trailer is cheap, along with a used pickup if you don't already have one. The pickup sure is useful to haul some extra cans of fuel or a tool box.
That's just me. I like the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing I can get back home after the event, no matter what happens to the car.

RaleighSS

Simple Answer for me AAA (under 100 miles to home from Vir) they will tow me home in the event of catastrophic failure :-)

Sidney004

You get amazed very easily; its a question of necessity. I don't have a pickup truck, don't have room for a trailer and have attended over 40 track days in the last 6 years driving on Hoosier R100 slicks(last time out, great tire) Dunlop slicks, Hoosier GAC's R6's, Kumho V710's etc. for up to 140 miles each way. I do carry a spare mounted racing tire(pads, rotor, etc) with me which is an absolute necessity in case a tire gets corded(has happened often) or punctured at the track, luckily I have never got a flat going to or from the track. To answer the OP's question, when you have no choice, "it does not matter."

shifter77

Thanks for all repleys, driving to homestead on hoosiers. NO CHOICE.

RedLS1GTO

You must be the unluckiest person on earth in that sense... I drive mine at least once a week with either R6 or V710 and have never had a problem.

GettReal

I would at least drive to the track on front street tires... that way you save that wear for the track. You should be able to get 2 tires and a jack in the Z.

drivinhard

wow, my car's alignment would wear out a gumball set of hoosiers in 280 miles on the street

shifter77

At this point will drive on all fours.

c4cruiser

Do you have a buddy that will haul the tires for you? Maybe in exchange for a ride as a passenger?

Sidney004

-3 on the right, - 2 1/2 on the left, 1/32 toe out in front; I am not too concerned about them on the way home

UstaB-GS549

40 miles is nothing.

I'm going to Road America this weekend. It's 145 miles each way.

Street tires on the front (for rain) and V710's on rear.

If you are going to pick up a nail, you are going to pick up a nail.

Just another opinion.

ssdeuce

No different than if I take the car on vacation. I've been driving almost seven hours to Putnam Park and back. 27mpg there and back.
I'm gonna go ahead and say this but I can already see myself leaning toward it but I think it's silly to buy a 24' enclosed trailer slicks, spare slicks, rain tires and roll up to a track day with it.

Z06_505

I've driven from Satellite Beach to both Homestead and Sebring on R6's. The only flats (two) I have EVER gotten were in the paddock at Sebring. Rain is your biggest concern in my experience.