![]() ![]() I listened to Terry, which was a really good thing considering how much easier it was to get into trouble with the Coopers. If you do it’s going to be real bad going off into the grass and the wall over here.” He wasn’t kidding. After another killer lap, and an easy trip into the pits, Terry looked over at me and said “Okay, now you can’t drive this car that hard in the first sweeper, and for sure not in the final chicane, with the Coopers. Plus, they turn in so nice it defies description. You can drive just over the edge of adhesion and then get right back to the sweet spot on the edge. The great thing about these new BFG Comp-2s is that they are so good at giving you feedback. Our second and third laps were much faster, and we had Terry Earwood riding shotgun giving us pointers on the line and when to get into the throttle.Īfter our second lap, Terry looked at us and said “now when we get done with the third lap I’m going to tell you somethin’ and you need to listen.” I nodded okay and laid into it for lap number three. Our first lap was a recon lap to see what the track layout was, and halfway through we were pretty well all in. We started off in the BFG shod Camaro SS, although we were disappointed that they were automatics. Our final test was out on the road-course that is inside California Speedway, and it was fun. That is the difference between driving halfway through the back of a mini-van or not hitting it at all. Our group saw 7-14 feet of improvement over the competitor. The Comp-2 stopped 8 feet shorter with us behind the wheel, and did it over and over again. Panic stopping with them from 60 behind the wheel of Challenger SRT8s was fun, and surprising. The Yokohama wasn’t even in the same league. We compared the BFGs to both Kumho and Yokohama, and the Kumho finished second. And we aren’t talking a little bit of water, we’re talking water truck running around the course every 10 minutes wet. On the Wet Autocross we drove the Vdubs and honestly didn’t even realize the ground was wet. If I didn’t see it for myself, I would have thought the competitors tires were under inflated. ![]() The transition from one direction to another was astoundingly different with the BFG Comp-2. The most apparent difference was in the way that the tires responded to input. With the Yokohamas on it, the car was on the edge all the time. With a few more laps, and some suspension tweaks, that car could be somebody. This car is a big heavy pig, and we’ve driven them on stock tires. For a more representative run for our readers, we then got into the Dodge Challenger SRT 392 with BFGs. On the dry autocross we started off in the WRX with the BFGs and then jumped into the one with Kumhos on it. We drove the BFG equipped car first, and then got into the identical car with the competitors tires immediately afterwards. They aren’t available in the super huge sizes yet but, for the masses, they have you covered.Įach test track featured multiple cars running multiple top rate competitors tires for each application. After talking to Kyle Tucker, Brian Finch, Bill Howell, and Jason Childress, it is apparent that this tire is going to take over the Pro Touring world. It is their top of the line tire, even above the KDW. The new BFG G-Force Sport Comp-2 is the latest Ultra High Performance tire from BFG. After a brief introduction to the tire, it’s new technology, and specs in comparison to its leading competitors, as well as BFG’s venerable KDW tire, we were off to the races so to speak. After introductions and dinner at the Mission Inn in Riverside on Tuesday night, we hit the track bright and early on Wednesday morning. There were four events, and four teams, so our team included KJ Jones from 5.0 Mustang, Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire, Joe Gearin from Grassroots Motorsports, Rob Einaudi from Car Domain and Antonio Alvendia from Motor Mavens. With drivers like Kyle Tucker, Carl Nadeau, and Terry Earwood, just to name a few, the talent pool was pretty deep at this event. To check out all the details and sizes of BFG’s new G-Force Sport Comp-2, see the specs at the bottom of the page, or visit. ![]()
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