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Originally Posted by Ximian
Yes, heat stress describes the sometimes odd characteristics of tires after they are overheated and don't cool off slowly on a clean surface.
Both the MPSS and Cup 2s are road tires so they can handle only so many hot laps before overheating. A guideline I follow with road tires is a warm up lap, and then 2 hot laps followed by a cool down lap for the remainder of a session. It's not as fun as being able to push for the whole session but it saves a ton of money because I'm extending the life of the tires by at least a couple more track days.
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It was definitely a hot day on Monday. Was in the 80s even in the early morning and was ~90 for the afternoon. Sun was out all day so the track itself was probably scorching hot.
What are other symptoms of tires overheating? I didn't notice any sort of traction problems. In fact, I ran a new PB.
I should probably clarify that these tires have 8 track hours on them plus a few thousand road miles. That's how long my first set lasted as well.