looks like I'll be driving ra1s in the snow

Mandatory tire for my car. Any recommendations?

You may TRY to run RA1s in the snow, but I bet you won't succeed. I once had to move a 320i on Rivals from the front of the shop in, to put on winter tires. Took quite a while.

I have to. Summit Point is calling for snow Sunday with a high around 37

I recommend not. I once tried to drive a few blocks in my MR2 Turbo on RE72s. I looped it within 50 ft of my driveway (no harm) then proceeded to have several near misses while getting it to the storage place. There was maybe 1 cm of snow on the ground.

RA1's in the snow you say? Can you add studs?

Ill bet paved surfaces will only be slush and will clear off quickly. Especially if they get the big blower out at Summit. The cold though, that will make the tires difficult.

It's a school so I have to run. I'll make sure the stewards know my situation but i believe most of us running crappy cold weather tires. I remember trying to move my hpde 944 in sub freezing weather on ra1s. Couldn't get it to move on a flat surface. So yeah, I'm nervous

My 1 set of wets will get a full weekend. Rain Saturday and snow Sunday. Well snow and slush.

Required tires for a track school? Seems bizarre.

My car's class

First auto x last year we had temps in the mid 30s at best and snow showers that lasted through the first heat. Nothing was really accumulating on course, but there were still a LOT of spins that day. Just be careful.

I want to believe that if you must run those tires to meet the rules, that the rule makers will be smart enough to call it off if it is not safe to run? I mean, if this is a school, what is the lesson to be learned?

I was giving some thoughts to taking the Blizzaks off this week end.

Guess I will wait.

I can't imagine being REQUIRED to run a school with completely inappropriate rubber. I mean, are you at gunpoint? There's always the option of saying "repairing the car is more effort than rescheduling the school".

Toyo does actually caution against using those tires below freezing due to potential tire damage.

Concur with Keith - If it's a school, they won't be checking the car's compliance with class rules other than safety. And I'd call running any summer tire in snow pretty unsafe.

Unfortunately, I don't have any street tires to swap onto the RX7.

It's probably cheaper to buy some street tires than to pay for bodywork.

codrus wrote: It's probably cheaper to buy some street tires than to pay for bodywork.

+eleventy billion

I'd say it's just not worth the risk. How much are you going to learn sliding around at 20 mph? And if you do get up some serious speed, the result could be a trip to the hospital. I once spent a month in a neck brace from a situation not too dissimilar.

I'll refer you to the sticker on them that states that you shouldn't even move the car for 24hrs after they've been frozen. They Suck when they're cold.

I survived. Temps were right around freezing on Saturday and it snowed, heavily at times. But, on the racing line, it was around 45 degrees track temp and the snow never sticked off line. Thankfully, Sunday was a little warmer and the track was totally dry by late morning. So Sunday was great!