Tires and brakes are the two things on your car that you absolutely can not cheat on. We all know that brakes are what stop our cars, better brakes stop better...end of story.
Very few of us think about tires. Tires are the only contact point our cars have with the road. No matter how large your tires are, that contact point is really only about the size of your hand.
Tires can affect the handling of your car more than you know, especially if they are under-inflated! NASCAR race teams adjust the handling on their race cars by adjusting the air pressure in individual tires by as little as half a pound. You should check your tire pressure every time you get gasoline.
Here is a short video on new tires built for Corvette which make this road sticking hot rod stickier!