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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 10:06 AM
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hey everybody I'm Frank, from the chicago area..

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Hi Frank! Welcome to the board. What number is your hawk?
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its 1296 6speed, although im a little upset I was at the track this weekend and the best time i could pull of was a 14.1......

I should be running faster, my tires are the bf goodrich sports i believe. might be supersports, but they stunk, couldnt hook well or hard..
what tires u recommend?
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I have sumitomo II's and they are...ok..........haha I bought them more for the tread look than the function plus they were cheap. If your car isn't a daily driver I would look into Micky Thomsons or Nittos.
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where at in chicagoland?
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Welcome! Im running sumitomos htr+ and they sucked at the track to
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im like in the elmwood park area.. waz up?
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