[Jeff Higgins]

My car is pretty thoroughly "track prepped". Not because I was trying to "win the HDPE", but because I found the whole process enjoyable and challenging. I had as much fun working on and modifying my car as I do driving it. I've always driven it to the track, although I have often considered a trailer, just in case something breaks and I'm not able to drive it home. That has only happened twice in 25 years, so any notions of a trailer have long since been abandoned.

As far as tires, I have gone down the "track tire" road. I have three sets of wheels, one mounted with four season rated 60,000 mile warrantee street rubber, one with "dry" track day tires, and one with "wet" track day tires. I just change them at home the day before when I know what the weather will be. They are all DOT legal, so driving to the track is not a problem.

What I quickly learned when I went to "track" tires is that my tire bills actually decreased. When not driving at a full 10/10ths "race pace", the fact that they have better grip and slide around less than street tires means they last longer. Kind of counter-intuitive, but at my 6/10ths to 7/10ths pace, they wear much, much better than hard, slippery street rubber.