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Originally Posted by jhall1957
Are these "R" rated race tires?
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None of these are race tires, they're all street legal, have super short tread life, but are still reasonably usable on street in rain. Until it's an actual race slick / race rain tire, as far as I can tell the 200 and lower treadwear rating tires are pure OEM marketing / autocross rule arbitrage - eg the Cup2R that has 4-5 hero laps and then turns into a normal Cup2 or RE71R that wears as if it's <50 TW.
Another tire to consider if you're consider R888R - Nankang AR1. No personal experience yet, but lots of rave reviews on the web / from regular trackrats.