R Compound Tires

Are you looking for more grip than the sticky tire options covered here? Track & Competition DOT tires give you the highest level of grip, but their lighter carcasses, shallower tread depths and gummy compounds also make them too fragile for street use. Street use will also expose them to more…

Tire Rack has carried Toyo Original Equipment tires in the past, but we recently added their highly sought after Track & Competition DOT tires. Toyo tires began competing in U.S. road racing in the 1980s and became a household name among amateur and professional racers. We are pleased to add…

…compound which warms up faster. The new compound also yields some improvement in wet traction. The Toyo Proxes R1R is an old favorite that has been updated with a 200 UTQG treadwear number for legality in street tire classes. Toyo declines to specify if anything was actually changed or if the tire…

…cycling and tire shaving. The first time a competition tire is used is the most important. During that run, its tread compound is stretched, some of the weaker bonds between the rubber molecules will be broken, which generates some of the heat. So before putting your competition tires into action,…

…additional tire category information, view "Looking for the Best Autocross Tires?" BFGoodrich g-Force Rival Dunlop Direzza ZII Bridgestone Potenza RE-11A g-Force Rival tires feature a silica-infused compound molded into asymmetric tread designs that are performance-tuned to match tire…

…completely gone." -- Tire Rack Consumer Review, 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR "Driven hard in dry conditions they handle much like R compounds. Driven hard in the rain and they are phenomenal!" -- Tire Rack Consumer Review, 2007 Audi S8 Sedan "These tires allow you to track…

…(DOT ending in "14"), Hankook Tire introduced a new updated tread compound for VentusR-S3 tires. In order to help identify them, we've nicknamed Ventus R-S3 tires produced after the beginning of 2014 as Version 2 (even though it will notbe branded on the tire's sidewall, nor printed on its…

…(DOT ending in "14"), Hankook Tire introduced a new updated tread compound for VentusR-S3 tires. In order to help identify them, we've nicknamed Ventus R-S3 tires produced after the beginning of 2014 as Version 2 (even though it will notbe branded on the tire's sidewall, nor printed on its…

…(DOT ending in "14"), Hankook Tire introduced a new updated tread compound for VentusR-S3 tires. In order to help identify them, we've nicknamed Ventus R-S3 tires produced after the beginning of 2014 as Version 2 (even though it will notbe branded on the tire's sidewall, nor printed on its…