2026 Tire Rack Streetable Track Tire Test

Our awesome friends at Tire Rack have just published the Streetable Track and Competition round of their 2026 track tire programme, running three tires in 275/35 R18 on a 2024 BMW M2 at GingerMan Raceway. The group is the Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R, the Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RZ and the Hoosier Track Attack Pro. Credit to Tire Rack for running a structured, repeatable test methodology, and in this case for testing fewer tires per day so that every set could be run twice, once on a cool morning track and once in the afternoon heat.

The Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R won, and it won on every measure Tire Rack recorded. It set the quickest single lap of the test, it was fastest in the cool morning session, and it was fastest again in the hot afternoon session. It is also the tire Tire Rack use as their control, so it was run first and last in both sessions, which makes its consistency the more notable result.

The other two both moved. The Hoosier Track Attack Pro was the second quickest tire in the morning but the slowest of the three by the afternoon, giving up over a second of session average to the heat. The Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RZ did the opposite: slowest of the three on a cool track, but it barely degraded at all and finished the afternoon second. It is the only tire here from outside Tire Rack's Streetable Track and Competition category, and they included it precisely because buyers cross-shop it against the other two.

How to read these charts

Tire Rack ran two timed sessions per tire and published a best lap and an average of the six fastest laps for each. We have mapped that onto three of our lap-time tables, so a note on what each one is showing here. Dry Handling is the best single lap of the day, which for all three tires came in the morning. Dry Handling - Cool is the six-fastest-lap average from the cool morning session. Dry Handling Long Run is the six-fastest-lap average from the hot afternoon session, which is where the heat degradation shows up.

Best Single Lap

Over one lap the Goodyear was comfortably clear, with more than half a second in hand over the Hoosier. The gap between the Hoosier and the Bridgestone at this end of the test was under a tenth, which is the first sign that the Bridgestone was not out of its depth here despite being the odd one out on category.

Dry Handling

Dry handling time in seconds

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Dry Handling

Position / Tire	Result	Gap to best
1Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R	99.18 s	Best
2Hoosier TrackAttack Pro	99.76 s	+0.58 s
3Bridgestone Potenza RE 71 RZ	99.85 s	+0.67 s

All the tires in the Dry Handling test finished less than 3% apart.

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Cool Morning Session

Across six laps on a cool track the order held, but the spread tightened considerably. The Goodyear was still quickest, the Hoosier second and the Bridgestone third, with the whole field covered by well under a second. Tire Rack noted the Goodyear was unusual in being fastest on its second lap rather than its first, once there was some heat in it.

Dry Handling - Cool

Dry handling cooler temperatures in seconds

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Dry Handling - Cool

Position / Tire	Result	Gap to best
1Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R	100.38 s	Best
2Hoosier TrackAttack Pro	100.72 s	+0.34 s
3Bridgestone Potenza RE 71 RZ	100.96 s	+0.58 s

All the tires in the Dry Handling - Cool test finished less than 3% apart.

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Hot Afternoon Session

This is where the test was decided. The Goodyear gave up two tenths of session average between morning and afternoon and stayed in front. The Bridgestone lost almost nothing at all, the smallest drop of any tire here, and that was enough to move it up to second. The Hoosier lost over a second, which dropped it from second to last. Tire Rack described the front left in particular saturating through the longer corners as the run went on, with steering response holding up better than the available grip did.

Dry Handling Long Run

Average long run time in seconds

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Dry Handling Long Run

Position / Tire	Result	Gap to best
1Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R	100.58 s	Best
2Bridgestone Potenza RE 71 RZ	101 s	+0.42 s
3Hoosier TrackAttack Pro	101.8 s	+1.22 s

All the tires in the Dry Handling Long Run test finished less than 3% apart.

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How this compares to our own test

We tested all three of these tires in our own 2026 streetable track tire test, so it is worth setting the two side by side. The methodologies are not the same. Tire Rack reported a fastest lap and an average of the six fastest laps in each of two sessions, run morning and afternoon. We ran a single nine-lap stint on each set. Different car as well, an F80 BMW M3 rather than an M2, and a different circuit.

The headline agrees. Both tests put the Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R on top for outright pace, both found it easy to drive, and both rated it a very good fast tire. The clearest difference is the Hoosier Track Attack Pro. We found it stayed fast until around lap ten before starting to fade, and it still held second place on our long-run average. Tire Rack found a much sharper fall-off, enough to put it last once the afternoon sessions came round. Two sessions in a day is a harder ask than one nine-lap stint, so that is a fair thing for their format to expose.

The other difference is in the steering. Tire Rack rated the Goodyear's steering as fast, reactive and precise. We agreed it was easy to drive and confidence inspiring, but we did not find it as quick or as alive through the steering as the Track Attack Pro, which we scored higher than the Goodyear for subjective dry handling. That is a matter of degree rather than a contradiction, and it is worth remembering our Goodyear ran on a different day on a greener circuit, so our own comparison of it is not perfect either.

Results

A clear-cut test, and a reminder that consistency across a full day is a different question from a fast lap. Tire Rack also publish figures we have not reproduced here, including the combined morning and afternoon average that they rank on, the best afternoon lap for each tire, and their tread wear scans from the end of the day. The full data set and the driver commentary are well worth reading in Tire Rack's original test.

1^st

Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R

275/35 R18 95Y

Tire Rack Best Overall

The Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R was the clear winner of this test. It set the quickest single lap and held the fastest session average on both the cool morning track and the hot afternoon one, which is a combination none of the other tires managed. The steering was fast and precise enough to place the nose exactly where the driver wanted, and the rear stayed settled rather than rotating, so the throttle could be applied earlier and with more confidence. It asked for a warm-up lap first, but once up to temperature it simply repeated itself, with very little fall-off across a run or across the day. Wear was spread evenly across the tread, with a little more lost from the inboard rib and the outer edge of the shoulder.

All discipline results (3)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry Handling - CoolLower is better	1st / 3	100.38 s	Best in this discipline
Dry HandlingLower is better	1st / 3	99.18 s	Best in this discipline
Dry Handling Long RunLower is better	1st / 3	100.58 s	Best in this discipline

2^nd

Bridgestone Potenza RE 71 RZ

275/35 R18 95W

Tire Rack Best Cross-Category Value

The Bridgestone Potenza RE 71 RZ was included to bridge two categories, and it justified its place. On outright pace it was the slowest of the three, both over a single lap and across the cool morning session, but it degraded the least of anything in the test and moved up to second once the afternoon heat arrived. Tire Rack found the gap was less about lap time than about feel: the front could be saturated into understeer mid-corner, and away from that the tire tended towards oversteer, so it never felt as securely planted as its rivals. It also gave up the least tread over the day, with the only real wear on the outer edge of the central rib. For a driver who wants one set that can commute as well as lap, it was the most flexible tire here.

All discipline results (3)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry Handling - CoolLower is better	3rd / 3	100.96 s	+0.58 s
Dry HandlingLower is better	3rd / 3	99.85 s	+0.67 s
Dry Handling Long RunLower is better	2nd / 3	101 s	+0.42 s

3^rd

Hoosier TrackAttack Pro

275/35 R18 99Y XL

The Hoosier TrackAttack Pro sits between two categories and drove like it. On a cool track it was the second quickest tire, both over a single lap and across a session, and it felt good doing it: braking and turn-in were consistent and predictable, there was clear traction underneath, and it was willing to rotate. The difficulty was sustaining that. Within a handful of laps the heat caught up, the front left in particular started to saturate through the longer corners, and the afternoon session dropped it to the slowest of the three. Steering response held up better than the grip did, so it still felt sharp while quietly asking to be driven more gently. Tread loss was fairly even, though the outer shoulder and the rib edges gave up more than the rest. It is a strong choice for autocross or a single quick lap, and a harder one to recommend for sustained track-day running.

All discipline results (3)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry Handling - CoolLower is better	2nd / 3	100.72 s	+0.34 s
Dry HandlingLower is better	2nd / 3	99.76 s	+0.58 s
Dry Handling Long RunLower is better	3rd / 3	101.8 s	+1.22 s

Tread

3.97 mm