Definitely digging all of the options we now have under the 200tw banner.
You want a long-wearing endurance tire? A rain special? Autocross tires that’ll last a season?
Photography courtesy Vitour
You want to go fast right out of the gate? You mount up the Yokohama A052, one today’s top tires for national-level autocross. Vitour says that it has a forthcoming Super 200 challenger in its new Tempesta P1 X-01R.
[Yokohama Advan 200tw tire test: AD09, A052, A055 and A005]
This tire “introduces a faster activation compound to the proven P1 platform,” Vitour’s North American Market Director Dallas Reed said in a Facebook post. “The result is faster grip, razor-sharp precision, and explosive pace.”
This new Tempesta P1 X-01R tire is, he continues, optimized for autocross and hillclimbs–venues involving short runs and little to no warm-up time. It will retain the same mold as the P1 P-01R but with updated sidewalls.
Vitour is currently at the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships, where it demonstrated the new model–not the final version, the brand notes–on Monday’s test and tune course. In the wet, according to Vitour, D Street Subaru BRZ drivers Nick Zelisko and Brandon Porambo outpaced the current Vitour P1 by “about 1.5-2 seconds per 30-second lap.”
Vitour says that first deliveries are expected later this year, and GRM has a set earmarked for testing.
Definitely digging all of the options we now have under the 200tw banner.
You want a long-wearing endurance tire? A rain special? Autocross tires that’ll last a season?
1.5.-2 seconds and its still a 200tw? Or is this the new hoosier competitor? That time seems implausible while still being a 200tw tire.
In reply to theruleslawyer :
The P1 X-01R is still a 200tw.
And original item edited to make that clear.
theruleslawyer said:1.5.-2 seconds and its still a 200tw? Or is this the new hoosier competitor? That time seems implausible while still being a 200tw tire.
That was a cold wet test, not dry. And the P1 has never been good in either wet or cold.
We'll update the piece when some dry data becomes available.
David S. Wallens said:Definitely digging all of the options we now have under the 200tw banner.
You want a long-wearing endurance tire? A rain special? Autocross tires that’ll last a season?
Oh just you wait...
This is not the only one of the current Big Four Super 200's to be getting an update/successor/partner.
David S. Wallens said:Definitely digging all of the options we now have under the 200tw banner.
You want a long-wearing endurance tire? A rain special? Autocross tires that’ll last a season?
Editorial Director, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
Need to state it correctly...I want a long-wearing endurance rain autocross tire that'll last a season! Frodo wasn't carrying a gold ring, he was carrying a tire....
In reply to Warlock :
And it has to be value priced, too, right?
And come in 13- and 14-inch sizes!
Andy Hollis said:theruleslawyer said:1.5.-2 seconds and its still a 200tw? Or is this the new hoosier competitor? That time seems implausible while still being a 200tw tire.
That was a cold wet test, not dry. And the P1 has never been good in either wet or cold.
We'll update the piece when some dry data becomes available.
Even so, that's a huge change. Into "I'll believe it when I see data" territory. What was it running vs a re71rs, which are supposed to be great in the wet? Either way Im excited to get more details.
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