For those curious, the 2015 SCCA National Championship Results are published and that got me thinking…what are the actual tires people ended up using? I had a few guesses, but wanted to see the published list first before I spoke up. Click here jump to the TL;DR Version

Early on in the race season, we started off with a set of Dunlop ZII Star Specs which worked great and were hesitant to switching to a different brand since the ZII the tire to really have in 2014. It was at the San Diego Tour that I had a chat with driving talent Jonathan Lugod who told me that Bridgestone’s RE71R was quickly to become the new “it” tire. Still unproven at the time and being driven on by a select few, we were blown away by the gaps for the “slower” classes getting infinitely faster times.

Fortunately for the Tour, the rest of the field in DS aside from Bill Martin and his CVT ’15 WRX were on Dunlops also, which made it somewhat level playing field. Both Kristen and I were still learning the WRX so it was an uphill battle. After the San Diego Tour and El Toro Pro Solo, we needed to get on the RE71Rs, but limited availability had us go on the Hankook RS3V2, which was definitely faster than the Dunlop Z2 Star Spec, but still wasn’t up to scratch. When we moved to the Bridgestones, we realized how much of a disadvantage we had going up against everyone else. I had a feeling that this was going to be the #1 street tire. With the results now published, no more speculation!

Here’s the entire (GET IT) breakdown for those that weren’t running multi-tire manufacturers:



Bridgestone – 520

Hankook – 23

Kumho – 3

Falken – 2

BFGoodrich – 120

Hoosier – 457

Avon – 55

Dunlop – 10

(Many thanks to Brian Kuehl for the additional maths and Hilary Ann Anderson for insight)

144 entrants trophied on Bridgestones

47 Entries trophied on BFG’s

19 class wins on Bridgestones

9 class wins on BFG’s

2 trophies on Kumho’s

1 trophy on Falken

Based on this breakdown:

27.7% of competitors on Bridgestones trophied, and 3.65% won their class.

39.2% of competitors on BFG’s trophied, with 7.5% winning their class.