Tomason Sportrace is a summer tyre made in total of 133 sizes, ranging from R15 to R15 - this particular dimension is R17, which means it fits to a 17 inch/431.8mm diameter wheel. 215/40 R17 is 20mm wider than the narrowest dimension (195) and 60mm narrower than the widest one (275). This tyre profile of 40 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 40% of the tyre width (215mm), which results in 86mm sidewall height. In
215/40 R17, Sportrace usually competes against
Intensa UHP 2, which is a tyre from
Sava with a rating of 65%, compared to 17% of the
Tomason in question.
