Set of rain tires vs running what ya brung

Dave,
What tire are you running now?

I haven't had Star Specs on the track in the rain, but they are on my street car, and I am surprised at how good they handle water and wet conditions.

As was said, pretty much anything with tread can be considered a rain tire. Thats the real reason for having tread blocks and sipes in the first place.

The Star Specs work well in the rain. But they need to be half tread depth or more. Below that they are like slicks. And no telling how they work when the air temp is in the 40's. Probably need to drop the air pressure 10lbs so they can warm up.

Holy shit! What is the date stamp on those paradas?

Not sure.  I bought them after Buttonwillow last year, I've only had them for a year or so.

sipping, not drinking, silly

I am about to throw away about 20 hoosiers thise weekend because I haven't been using them for a while. Too bad they are 18s and have no use on our lemon.

The tires I'm running are...the ones that came one the discount rims I bought.....
I bought a set of mustang rims and tires with 80% tread left on most of them.  The guy bought new rims and wanted to ditch his 17x8s for $150 with the tires, so I couldn't pass that up.  They're performance tires but pretty road biaseed.  Our rear end was out on almost every turn at Yeehaw last year and between that and our crap brakes we gracefully exited the track so as to not endanger anyone.  I can't remember the brand but one is mismatched.  I'm buying a set of 15x7s now to have as a secondary (primary?) set.  I was looking at star specs but I couldn't seem to find that small a diameter.  Any thoughts?