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Originally Posted by basjoos
From the Wired article:
"The drive was made over 120 laps on the 2.6-mile “Highway Circuit” at the Australian Automotive Research Centre in Victoria. A pair of drivers drove in three stints, swapping when the teams did tire changes to avoid fatigue."
I wonder what kind of tires were they using if they needed to be replaced two times on a 310 mile run.
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One team gave me a worn out Bridgestone Ecopia solar race tire years back and they told me that 200-miles was a typical lifespan on a road circuit.
I suspect that the continuous curves of a track environment scrubbed off the rubber at an accelerated rate,
Alex Tremulis said he was losing 20-mpg at 55-mph in the Subaru XT-100 when in the curves of his test track.