Drive what the car gives you and drive accordingly. Different tires will allow you to carry more speed but you only learn how to do that by going to the track and get coaching.
Sean, you are doing it right by taking your new car to track and learning it in a controlled environment. Props to you!
Right on.!
Drive what the car gives you.
Otherwise here's your fate.
Drive with runflats - spin. Blame the tires and get some PS2's
Drive with PS2's - spin. Blame the tires and get Sport Cups.
Drive with Sport Cups - spin. Blame the tires and get slicks.
Drive with slicks - spin. Hmmm - must be downforce, get a wing.
Drive with wing - spin. Blame the wing and get a splitter.
Keep going until you have a Formula 1 car or more likely that you run out of cash.
If I take my Miata to the track (which I often do) and I go into turn 1 at Viper speed and crash should I blame the car?
Drive what the car gives you - if you over drive the car, it's not the fault of the car.
Anyway Sean. It looked like a great time and I've seen your driving. It's excellent! We all make mistakes - especially in a competitive environment where you push much harder than you would on a 'track day'.
I personally think the run flats are decent tires. The PS2's are better and the Cups better yet. The cups, once up to temp are surprisingly good in the wet. I can do fater laps on a soaked track with cups than I can with PS2's! Anyway, having run flats is NOT a guaranteed crash.
Hopefully we'll see you at the track again this year!
Greg