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Taking it to the Streets: DOT-Legal vs. DOT-Approved Tires

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Taking it to the Streets: DOT-Legal vs. DOT-Approved Tires



When you go to a track day, you may hear people talk about DOT-Legal R-Compound tires and DOT-Approved R-Compound tires. You'll even hear that some of the tires you see racing in the SCCA are actually DOT-Legal but not “street-legal”. How is that? Why is it DOT-Legal, but not “street-legal”? We're going to explain that in this article.

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