A lot of your front tire wear woes will be alleviated by better alignment settings, better tire pressures, and better driving!

Front tires get abused when you ask too much of them. Lots of you guys were pushing too hard, trying to turn in too quickly, and understeering. This rapes the outer edges of your front tires. You should all be running at least 32-38psi in your fronts depending on your profile. I suggest anywhere from 1.5-2.5 degrees of neg camber up there as well.

Secondly, having a really cruddy tire in the rear is fine for practicing. In fact, it's actually better, because it does two things. For one, it forces you to commit EARLY. Why? Because the cruddy tire does not have enough grip to overcome the momentum of the car, and it will slide forever as it comes to a stop. This is a really good training technique.

On the other side, having a cruddy tire means you're more susceptible to heat. As the tire begins to overheat it loses grip rapidly which can exaggerate the lack of grip. This can also happen having too little tire (and was part of the reason for my crash at FD Irwindale in '04).

Also, remember that a slightly better tire will actually wear/last longer than a used junkyard special or a new cruddy tire. Sportier tires have better heat handling and resist chunking better.

This event had the most novices/newbies we've had in a long time, and I'm happy for that. It means people are interested in learning. I just hope those people will come back again.

For those of you who are new, you definitely want to start slow and explore the track turn by turn. No one is requiring you to drift every corner. There were a few drivers who exemplified this very much. Pick a few turns and get bigger progressively. Don't come out of the box expecting to combo the whole track because it's not going to happen. Even the Enjuku boys had some moments, as do I.

I look forward to seeing all of you at the next event and we definitely take your suggestions to heart. Keep them coming!