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alright, so i joined a track racing team. ( not drag, but road racing)
and i need to get ride of my 17 inch enkei's.

what size tires are best for road racing, and what brands... i have never looked into these kind of things so i need help....

 
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Well if you don't have a clue, they you aren't "road racing" (unless thats what you're calling the idiotic **** people do on the highway). At best, you're doing open lapping events, without a clock and not wheel to wheel. W2W racing takes a special license, a dedicated car built to a class spec and a shitload of money. Not that any racing habit doesn't cost money, but w2w has gotta be up there with the most expensive of the bunch.
15" wheels are the most economic option as the tires are the least expensive and most widely available. If you've never been on a track before, I'd use plain old high performance street tires, Potenza SO3s, Azenis, Kumho MXs, something like that. There's no sense in wasting money on R compounds, nor will you learn anything about how to drive with a tire that saves your *** for you. I probably would also keep them as dedicated track tires. Any road hazard like nails and **** will render a tire unworthy for track use.

 
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There is an issue of Sport Compact Car from a couple of months back that has a high performance and r compound tire guide when you want to upgrade. I started autocrossing on my regular old Toyo 800 touring radials 185/70/14. Learn the car first so that when you take the plunge into a better tire you will already have the basics down.

We have a saying in paintball; "90% player, 5% luck, 5% gun"

 
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^^^^ thing is with sustained running on a race track ( a session is 15-20 minutes), you'll torch an all season. Its not the same as a 50 sec. autox run. They can't take that kind of heat. You'll start either chunking them or disintegrating them because they won't be able to take temps up in the range you're looking at. I usually come off the track with tread block temps in the 160s.... thats pretty damn hot. The softer compound tires can tolerate heat a little better, I dont think I'd take anything less than a high performance summer tire onto a dry race track.

 
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Good point. I didn't think about that.

 
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ya dude, dont use ur 17" wheel, its to hard to accelerate outa cornering. Try to get a light 15" wheels, and throw a nice performance tire on there, then work on ur driving skills. Nothing makes u go faster than practice.