New tires selected - Hankook Ventus Z212
WAYNE, NEW JERSEY (April 12, 2005)— Hankook Tire`s Ventus R-S2 Z212 Z-Rated Ultra-High Performance Street Tire has taken sanctioned racing to new levels of performance.
At the SCCA National Tour April 9-10 at Gwinnet County Fairgrounds in Atlanta with just two cars competing on the Ventus R-S2 Z212, all eyes were on drivers Tom Hoppe of Marietta, GA in STX and Andy Hollis of Austin, TX in STS. Hollis had the fastest run in the class on Saturday and backed it up Sunday to win by a total of 0.353 seconds.
In the highly competitive STX class, Hoppe had a commanding lead of 0.646 seconds after day one, and extended it to a tremendous 1.410 seconds on Sunday. His teammate Michael Sinn of Youngsville, NC finished sixth.
These classes require cars to compete on street legal tires having a minimum U.T.Q.G. of 140. Dominated in the past by the Falken Azenis Sport, the auspicious debut of the Ventus R-S2 Z212 marks the beginning of a change..
My current plans are to finish out the life of the Azenis Sports on the 14" wheels while scrubbing in the Hankooks on the street. Most of the comments I have read indicated that they need a little time to come into thier own and I don't want to be breaking them in during competion. Besides the Azenis are still working just fine for me right now.
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