eli5 why isn’t there shoes with no trees that are super grippy like drag racing slick tires

Question

Considering how grippy drag racing slicks are I feel like there would be a shoe equivalent

(Edit for title: tread)

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Answer 1

I think it has to do with the surface area required to make a shoe tread grippy like a car. Considering how wide a cars wheels are, more of its surface area will be applying friction to the ground than shoes will.