Originally Posted by JaneBridges

Thanks guys for all the advice.

I've had plenty of "slow" time at the track; car was teched and trust me, the tech guys do not know everything there is to know about every car.
Only problem was that instead of starting out at 26 pounds of air, I started at 32-34 and then would go up to 36-37-coming off the track. After talking with a colleague of mine who only uses the sport cups, I discovered that they were overinflated. They came inflated to that pressure, so I thought that is where they should be. It makes sense, though, that the lower the pressure, the better the contact and traction.

I did turn off the traction control on the car. On this track, most the time, I feel the back slide a bit or it might be called subtle drifting, which I'm comfortable with. That is actually good because that is how tires get their traction. However, with these tires, when the go, they go without warning.

You're right, SRT6_crossfire, this is definitely experience and I'm glad I survived. And you are so right that this will help me in the future. It was bound to happen. I wasn't really embarrased, just pissed off. I've just got to get my emotional mojo back as I had a couple of pucker moments. Cars were going off all over, yesterday, so I wasn't the only one, but gee, I just never had that kind of trouble. I may have been getting greater speeds than I had before and then the tires wouldn't hold.

Doing my "homework" is very difficult with this car as the company doesn't support racing like Mazda does for the "specs" etc. Every one, including racers and mechanics, have an opinion and lots of advice, but much of the time, it is based on their cars, not the Crossfire. So, who do you listed to. I have a racing mechanic and a Crossfire mechanic, and I try to listen to them, but they don't always know either. Not many forum people do closed track racing. Drag racing seems more popular. Having the money and time to order and try new things takes time. Racing modifications take time and require testing with each new mod. Definitely, in hindsite, I should have asked about inflation pressures from experienced users.

So, I continue to learn and be humbled. Racers always need to be reminded that this sport is not without great risk and it could happen to you. All the little gadgets won't protect us from external factors and human factors involved in racing.

Thanks for your advice