To answer Mofugga's question: The Hankook Z212 seems to be on par with the Azenis. I kept up pretty well, with only one Azenis car placing ahead of me... and I think that may have been an error (the time was 2 seconds ahead of all of the driver's other times). They don't quite have the steering response of the Azenis, but they have the grip, and they have much better street manners. (no noise, smoother ride, and theoretically better in the rain)

And with that... post-event conversation has picked up here:
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/s...d.php?t=225334

Closing the door.