My friends wrecked GT500!
#48
This car also made 850 to the tire, something that doesn't have any business being driven in the rain or being driven on a tire such as the one that's on there. The fact is once you start getting near mid 400's to the tire street tires because a safety factor. Try pulling quickly into traffic with 450 to the tire on a street tire and you'll know what I mean, let alone 850. I've been driving MT drag radials for the last 5 years on my TA and I've been stuck in the rain before. Hell this morning I got stuck in a rain/snow mix and had to drive 30 miles to the shop, I didn't have any issues whatsoever, tires never spun once. I also drive from massachussetts to long island in rain storms without issue. Just like any tire in the rain caution needs to be taken but drag radials will be fine in the rain if there isn't much standing water. For the car in this accident rain really shouldn't be a concern and I don't see a good reason for not having a better tire. That's just me and it's not to say a better tire would've prevented this but those tires in the pics had absolutely no chance whatsoever on a setup like that.