No, it's not a cost-saving or neglectful thing; it has origins in racing. Race-ready slick tires offer a wide, sticky contact patch and better heat dissipation than summer or all-season tires If ...

In order to extract the quickest lap times from a Formula 1 car, teams run on super-slick, super-sticky bespoke Pirelli tires that are purpose-made for running on some of the best race tracks ...

This is most apparent when it comes to wet weather performance. All tires (aside from racing slicks) have grooves built into them that channel water away from the tire’s contact patches to help ...

Hoosier Racing Tires began more than 60 years ago in Indiana ... Hoosier’s lineup today includes the R7 and the Circuit Slick for dedicated track use, but what if you want to ditch the trailer ...