Quote Originally Posted by t500hps View Post
I'm on the east coast (VA) so our tracks and temps are different but none of us have problems with RRs falling off like it seems all of you have. We field 10+/- cars per race and seems everyone gets 3-4 weekends out of a set of RRs. I've actually noticed I'm not as fast in the first 3 H/C of new RRs. With careful rotating I've gotten 36 H/C out of a set (however they were falling off). We run VIR often and last year I set the track record on a 3 year old set with 22 H/C on them.

Now, I have no issue changing tires if it makes the class cheaper to run but I have 3 sets right now with various use, including a 2015 set I intend to "finish off" when we start the season. I'm just curious if we are "giving something up" with car setup that allows the tires to last much longer than yours? Wish I could have made the trip to COTA to compare!
My tires seem to be good to around 20 HC as well, but I did have a set with just over 20 that tried to kill me during practice last April (bad batch?). Then in November we did more cheater practice and I had around 30 cycles and they were busy, but not trying to kill me. I ran within a few tenths of the record at HPR with ~20 HC tires back in early Sept, record was set in July. Do they use different materials to build the tracks in TX? We generally get up as high as the low 90s for a high here, though typically it's more in the 80s range. I have Bryan to deal with here in RM, so we're not really driving miss daisy. Pueblo was resurfaced back in 2012 I think and High Plains was done last winter, both asphalt.