Since I'm not racing anymore, I can talk all I like.
Down pouring rain is fine and everything. But that's not what it did 98.92838% of the time I've raced at Loudon. Instead it did that half ass, half on, half off, kinda sorta almost not-really rain where the flaggers have to indicate which portion of the track is being rained on (spoiler: the bowl) and which part is bright and dry as fuck. And you
will have epic traction in 1A, then skate 2 like it was freshly zambonied. You
will spend the entire time up to your race derailing yourself mentally from racing and instead trying to decide between trying to slip-n-slide on DOTs or shag the crap out of your rains. You
will be entirely confident with your choice until about half way through your sighting lap. Nothing like kicking yourself down hot-pit because you didn't swap for the tinted shield, then not being able to see shit through T8 because the shield is wet and fogging up.
Ah, yes. Good times.
No joke, if I kept racing a 3rd set of wheels was on my short list. Was going to fit Pilot Roads or some sort of sport-touring street tire to them.