944cer wrote:


I think it's safe to say that they're faster... same rubber compound, but a little wider, with no need to shave them, and a firmer sidewall. I ran last season's RA-1's this last weekend and my lap times were pretty close to what I was running at the November event... a few tenths faster, but I had also figured out where I could carry more speed since the November event, and I had made some minor improvements to the car. Dirks, Chuck, Doug, and Chris were on new R888's and their best lap times were all around 2-3 seconds faster than ever before.

This just reinforces my trash talking that Chris will be GOING DOWN next time we race... my new R888's are mounted and sitting in my garage.

hey, dont make me tell kevin about your hpde 4 "incident"

Chris wrote:


OOOOooooooo I'm telling OOOOOooooo

I think they were better than full tred RA1's but it seems to me that shaved RA1's to 2-3/32's vs full tred R888's would be real close . A little shave on a new R888 should be faster than any RA1.

Dirks was just a tick faster than his last year time . I was a bit quicker but last year I was on old tires all year.

bottom line R888's are better by a little bit.

Chris wrote:


I was just showing people what not to do. Now don't make me tell Hillery about all those things you've said and done...

Hmmmm...2-3 seconds faster...that would put me up with the top tier drivers and only one race weekend under my belt...maybee a little early for trash talkin but...mtn man shakin it up!