Tires Toyo or Firestone

Firestone Firehawk Indy 500's seem to be the best budget performance tires.

I run my Toyo RT E at 38psi cold-

I've been running 35 since I got the new tires (25K miles ago) and they're wearing fantastically and I get 21mpg, so take it with a grain of salt. I don't like high pressure as it makes the ride jarring.

I've had really good times with my Toyo Observe snow tires on my Audi. I don't really notice the noise from them and they are great in everything but straight ice.

I put the same size on my wife's 2014 except Toyo Open Country AT3. Absolutely love them.

After looking into it a bit I went with a set of Firestone Indy500s that mounted and balanced came out to less than $800. Had them for 6 months now, and no complaints so far.

As far as Indycar goes, it is hard to find a more prestigious tire company than Firestone. They have been a good partner to the Series for a long time.

The owners and drivers didn't want to ditch Firestone because their tires don't fail and they never have to worry about safety.

Versatility is not a benefit if the rain tire or dry tire is suitable in the conditions, because they could just run that tire.

Whatever you do, don't buy Toyo tires. They do not go well with the Sonic....worst traction of any tire I've ever had on a car in my 45 years of driving.