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Until recently, there were no track pads at all for the SRT8 front calipers. (Every track pad known to man is available for the rear!) Based on the behavior of the stock pads when driven on the street (dusty beyond belief, noisy, aggressive on rotors), it was my belief that they would perform better at the track than any of the low dust alternatives (C-Tek, Centric Posi-Quiet, etc.). That's because true race pads need at least 350 degrees F or more to get into their working temperature range and, below that, they exhibit all the characteristics demonstrated by the stock pads. It would be hard to believe that DCX specified a pad from Jurid, the OEM manufacturer, that was this bad on the street and was also bad on the track. Apparently, my faith in DCX was misplaced and the OEM pads are unpleasant to live with on both street and track. While they seem to stand up to a couple of high speed laps at a time (e.g., SRT Track Experience), extended track use more typical of driving schools and high speed open track days (20-30 minute sessions) result in pad deposition and other issues.

While the world class race pad manufacturers (Raybestos, Hawk, Pagid, Ferodo, Performance Friction, and Mintex) have not yet stepped up to address the SRT8 front calipers, a few of the boutique race pad suppliers have. As Un0rTh0d0x points out, EBC (whose street pads I think very poorly of) is now supplying the EBC YellowStuff race pads, and a much more promising option is the Carbotech XP10 race pad. This would appear to be the current best choice for the front calipers. Feedback is just now starting to appear on these new race pads. I will continue to watch with interest and continue to hope for more race pad choices to appear shortly.