Racing Shoes?????

[S14TEENZ]

like it says racing shoes

do u use them
do they make a difference
are they comfy

personally i wear these sparco speedways
i rock'em anywhere.....
http://www.ogracing.com/images/products/1640-SPARCO-SLALOM-NOMEX-DRIVING-SHOES-middle.jpg

[Teddy]

I used to rock these (I know, not actual racing shoes)

http://img.hisupplier.com/var/userImages/old/likefootwear/likefootwear$16204736.jpg


I'm going to pick up a pair of these soon.


http://assets1.saferacer.com/images/P/FS400_1_list.jpg

[dori_sil8t]

im after the dc ones....
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/dori_240sx/dcshoes.jpg

[mtyost]

I have a pair of PUMA speed cats, and I am getting pair of DC chicanes for christmas.
Not full out racing shoes, just driving, but I like them. They are both pretty comfortable.

[Brian]

I have (but never use) a pair of those PUMAs that Teddy posted.

I don't feel any difference in using those compared to using regular shoes.

Then again, I don't get thick soled shoes to begin with...

[240trainee]

Yea, I wear vans slip ons anyway.

I wish I had snapped up a pair of the pink and black DC's. oh well.

[GSXRJJordan]

Lol I was just gonna say, my racing shoes are regular low-top Pumas. Classic.

And my "other" racing shoes are:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r46/Motorbiker_photos/NewsPics2/Sidi-Vertebra-2.jpg

[Pank]

I got the Reebok Driving Evolution Low for $20 (normally $65) on a crazy combination of a wicked Finish Line deal on Tax Free Weekend a few years ago (2006).
in BLUE:
(only picture i could find)
http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing%3F.out%3Djpg%26size%3Ds%26tid%3D1163860&usg=AFQjCNHdpaTNuVF1h6fH-StFgnJVIZ3_IA

[Teddy]

Generally I like to use wider shoes because it makes it easier to heel-toe, and I don't have to move my foot as much.

[landins13]

i like pumas for driving ive got speedcats and the carbon fiber drift cats, when all else fails go barefoot youll feel everything.

[jdm_s13driftking]

CHUCKS thats how i roll!!!!!!!!!

[Moon Ill]

I've got two pair of Puma Drift Cats

http://www.shoes.com/ProductImages/shoes_iaec1114991.jpg

Not this color. One pair is Black/Yellow/White the other is Blue/White/Black/Silver (paid $20 a piece)

I also have two pair of Adidas Goodyear shoes

http://s.onlineshoes.com/images/br029/148192_366_45.jpg

Light Brown and Dark Brown
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I like driving in these compared to my other shoes because they are a bit more narrow and the sole is thinner. Because of this I can move my foot around easier and my knees don't sit as close to the steering wheel.

I'm 6'0 a lot of leg and a size 13 shoe. I have to driving positions:

1.) Close to the steering wheel allowing me to keep a bend in my elbows and shift properly, but my knees sit close to the steering wheel and my hands hit my knees when turning

2.) Far enough back so my knees sit comfortably below the steering wheel, but I have to lean forward to rotate the wheel 180*.

My favorite shoe that I ever owned in this category was Reebok that Rank posted. You could really feel the pedal with that shoe, so you always knew where you foot was on the pedal.

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edit:

O/T, but the previous 3 post where 3 minutes apart

[jdm_s13driftking]

well since we are already on this subject does anyone know what brand of shoes are the one that drift king wears on drift bible??????

[JeremyR]

didn't you know??? keiichi had his shoes specifically made for that film.
they were a limited edition kei office drift shoe.

[jdm_s13driftking]

their sick!!!!!!!:D

[zaquanh]

i use new balance classic lol

[kognition]

Most racing shoes i have used are uncomfortable to walk in because of the lack of support. They are made to be sensitive to the pedal and nothing more.
I use Alpine Stars after leaving my last pair at the track unfortunately.

The Redline Time Attack series i participate in mandates the use of them now.
For fire safety reasons.
http://www.saferacer.com/images/P/271205_3_lg.jpg

[A Spec Products]

Yea, I wear vans slip ons anyway.


Ditto

I got a super sweet beat up pair of old Camo Vans Slip Ons

I feel weird driving with racing shoes

[OTG Vinyl]

Piloti > *

[karl wasabi]

I have a pair of these, but in the Daijiro Yoshihara edition. Don't really wear them since they no longer make them. I have them more as like a collectors item I guess. haha.

http://www.speedwellfootwear.com/news/images/00/00/09/000009.jpg

I usually just wear some worn out Van's Sk8 Highs...

http://shop2.vans.com/wcsstore/Vans/images/products/0100199B.JPG

[racepar1]

Sparco's, I forget the model. They suck to walk around in though, which is good cuz wearing them around wears them out. I have big feet so the little shoes help. Now that i have a kid I am considering going with full safety gear, maybe even a hans device. As stupid as it would look at a trackday me and the wifey would feel much better about it. Besides I can get all the shit, including the hans, for stupid cheap.

[sinji]

i use assics for my driving shoes.

[sileighty83]

been rocking these for a lil bit, Incredibly hard to find in this color way. Drift Tengoku did a small article on them. Awsome shoe!
http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/37952/1h/image.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/i/j/m-bros_345392-02

[Moon Ill]

^ Nice

I'm no shoe head, but I would love me some of those.

[devnull]

Rocking Piloti Prototipo in blue. They're the most comfortable shoes I've ever had.

[Teknolust72]

My newest pair of driving shoes:

Special edition Puma Future Cat - Fernando Alonso version

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a369/Teknolust72/fdf4_1_sbl.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a369/Teknolust72/fc09_1_sbl.jpg


You can't tell from the pics, but they actually have a rainbow holographic coating on them, so its super blingy....


ARD/Asics have these new ones that I'm thinking about getting

http://www.5zigen.co.jp/products/racing_item/ard/shoes/img/032-rmr2_photo.jpg

[allntrlundrgrnd]

reebok pumps do the trick for me. super light and super fly

http://www.pickyourshoes.com/images/shoes/omni_indus_5.jpg

[sillyvia13]

i got a old ratty puma runnin shoe.
My baby toe ripped out the side of my right shoe for ability to hit gas while downshifting lol...

I cant "drive" with boots or big sneaks, gotta be like a runnin shoe puma ftw.

If I found the tan puma's for $20 Id buy 10 pair. so hot.

[NismoB13]

CHUCKS thats how i roll!!!!!!!!!

Chucks are awsome!!

But for HPDE days, I like my Piloti Mullholland II's. Nearly all of Piloti's shoes are very supportive and provides good pedal feedback.

[A Spec Products]

been rocking these for a lil bit, Incredibly hard to find in this color way. Drift Tengoku did a small article on them. Awsome shoe!
http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/37952/1h/image.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/i/j/m-bros_345392-02

I am wearing these right now actually

Stupid ass Puma stopped making this colorway after I bought a pair

Oh well

I really wanted another pair of these too

[LongGrain]

i used to wear my addidas, not real driving shoes, but similar, and less dorky looking.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/LongGrain/steeple.jpg


but then i realized its drifting, not nascar, fancy shoes are not required. so now i just wear my street shoes.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/LongGrain/chucks.jpg

[Croan]

+1 for hightop chucks.


but i have considered some sparco's or alpine stars
Auto Racing Shoes - SafeRacer (http://www.saferacer.com/auto-racing-shoes/?cat=55)

:rawk:

[all show no go]

been rocking these for a lil bit, Incredibly hard to find in this color way. Drift Tengoku did a small article on them. Awsome shoe!
http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/37952/1h/image.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/i/j/m-bros_345392-02


Oh shit, I could have bought those shoes, but I bought the all white ones instead. They are pretty cool for driving.

I also tried out some wrestling shoes by Asics.. the Matflex shoe.
they look very similar to these, and were only $40.

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x4/stuff-for-sale123/mama%20clothes%20and%20shoes/mdcsale018.jpg

[deadpirate]

i have two pairs of the piloti prototipo's. got em from tom at on track motorsports.

one pair in black and grey. the other in black and pink