How to Check Tire Condition

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My Dear Old Departed Tire Tread You’ve registered for your first performance drivers school and you have this technical inspection form to complete; one item is ‘tire condition’. So what to look for and what to do about it? Are they all round and black? Meaning do you see any bulges in the sidewall or […]

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What do you do if it rains?

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“What do you do if it rains (at the event)?” RAIN HAPPENS! Make the best of it. I volunteered to instruct a few years ago at a one-off track day event; assigned two students that day and having fun with them in the morning (dry) it began raining just after lunch and I couldn’t find […]

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