Race tires are engineered for specific track surfaces and race vehicle suspensions. Rather than transferring race tire technology in total, in many cases, certain technology used at the racetrack is engineered into high-performance street tires. In fact, new polymers and ultra-tensile steel constructions are making performance tires last longer than ever. Industry-wide, performance tires average about 45,000 miles in tread life, similar to the figures for tires used on ordinary passenger cars. More often, rapid tire wear usually is due to powerful vehicles and aggressive driving.
Wide tires provide better traction under all weather conditions.
Putting oversized snow tires on a car delivers better snow traction. In fact, the opposite is true. Narrow tires are a better option in deep snow. In some parts of the country this may be true, but if you live in the northern-most states or in Canada, the traction provided by winter tires can t be beat. Winter tires reign supreme in rural areas where snow remains on the road for days.