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View Poll Results: Tyre compound with good wear life
Ballistic Buggy White 1 5.88%
Ballistic Buggy Blue 0 0%
Dboots A 5 29.41%
Schumacher Yellow 9 52.94%
Schumacher Green 2 11.76%
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Old 07-09-2012
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Hi guys,

Need advice as to a hard wearing tyre compound suitable for practice nights on a still sandy astro track, the wicked WORM at Weston! Being new to this I'm not in a position to fork out a shed load on every available tyre, running spikes at the mo but pins may be worth a go in the future.

BB greens were as good as bald in 3 packs worth of driving, Schumacher yellows died in just over twice that. Assume the sand in the track is the ultimate abrasive until it brushes out. Where ultimate/race level grip is not a concern what is your recommendation for a tyre compound for fun/practice nights with a good wear life as a set of tyres every visit to the track could be expensive!

Either pick a poll option or give some advice

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DBoots will last longest. CML do turf rippers in a harder compound, they dont work too well (the softer compound is decent though) but they'd probably last quite a while..
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Cheers James, I'd heard that too, so may give them a shot! Was unsure about about any of the BB compounds other than the greens, not heard of anybody using the others
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Old 08-09-2012
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Default dboots are made for racing :-)

Apologies for the pun, dboots do wear well with plenty of traction even when quite worn.

Not too hot if the track is wet and slippy, Ballistic greens are favoured option in the wet
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Dboots are great last for ages, turn them Round from left to right lengthen the life further (don't run the too low before swapping)
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Blue Schumacher mini spikes are worth a thought.
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Cheers guys! Dboots on the way, got to be worth a punt!
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