[Ryephile]

Something else to consider is literally all the track reviews do not complain about the brake pads, barring an off-hand comment by Randy Pobst without any further explanation.

The stock pads might actually be quite good. It'll be interesting to see how they benchmark against known good track pads like the Hawk DTC-70, G-Loc R18, Cobalt XR1, Wilwood A, and so forth.

For those that are only doing a couple HPDE's a year, the stock SS 1LE pads might actually be acceptable. I'd at least try them out before buying something else.