Winter is slowly losing its grip on the Mid-Atlantic region.  That means it is time to start thinking of getting out the summer tires, firing up the MINI and heading to the track.  Track days and hot laps are still weeks away, but I couldn’t resist testing out the new track day wheels.  In a complex set of transactions involving some 30 year-old Alfa parts, a bunch of spare MINI parts, and some pieces of something I still can’t identify but someone wanted anyway (eBay is great), I got a spare set of wheels and tires that I can trash on the track at virtually no cost to me.  So of course when I headed off to the local MINI shop for my tech inspection, I had to put them on to try them out.  They look pretty cool — perhaps increasing the slot-car look — I’m not sure yet what I think.  Anyway the photo above shows what they looked like the first day, and here’s after the 3rd day….  That’s sort of the dirty little secret about white wheels I suppose.