Danny van Dongen is an accomplished racing driver and has started several businesses in Europe and the US, including a racing school, a racing series, as well as successfully starting up Hankook Motorsports that offers tires for racing in the US to many amateur and professional racing series, including being the official tire of both Lucky Dog and WRL endurance racing series.  We try to summarize some the more critical areas of tires, their construction, and their proper use in racing.