Goodyear makes late tire change

Heavens to Murgatroid, a new article, and on a Saturday. This intern must be new or on punishment detail. LOL I think after the fiasco and bad P.R. following the tire debacle at Indy they will have this problem corrected before the flag drops. Actually I don't think this, I hope they do.

JK, Nascar and Goodyear has to get this corrected. They have no choice. If they don't, fans will walk out and Fox TV will make excuses.

Nice to know that tires only last 35 laps. I guess Nascar can make a claim on their tire warranties now.

The spam gang must spend all day finding new places for their garbage. My guess is that they sell some stuff or they wouldn't keep posting.

I too am stunned at a timely story. Let's hope T&R is turning over a new leaf. (I suffer from a surplus of optimism, I know, but such has been my ruin). As to the story, what kind of junk tire is it that lasts 30-35 laps on a 1/2 mile track. Are you kidding me? Yes, they are driving at 100 mph, but didn't the designers know that? I really think it's time to allow more than one tire manufacturer. Goodyear is clearly not up to the task.

Rickapolis....never anything bad about a "surplus of optimism"....and I agree with the rest of your comment #11.
Has the Bristol track changed so much, since the last time they raced there, that Goodyear could not have anticipated this and modified the tires sooner?...I don't even like Goodyear on my personal vehicles and will never buy them......and have been this way for a long time.

This could really mess with the set up of the cars--fast cars before could be slow and vise versa----Looking forward to the race after having a week off !!!

the NASCAR testing ban strikes again!

did you guys see the drama at the beginning of the nationwide race? jennifer jo cobb was told to start & park or nascar would black flag her and that she wouldnt be driving in california 10 mins before the race by her owner.. so she decided to get out of the car..

good for her IMO, start & park is lame.

I totally applaud her !

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Originally posted 02:59 PM ET  03.19 by svt

did you guys see the drama at the beginning of the nationwide race? jennifer jo cobb was told to start & park or nascar would black flag her and that she wouldnt be driving in california 10 mins before the race by her owner.. so she decided to get out of the car.. good for her IMO, start & park is lame.

If NASCAR wants to maintain any integrity they will ban this 'start and park' nonsense. It degrades the sport. Somehow, though, I doubt if you'll be able to convince the France clan of this.

Looks like Kyle has won 4 of the last 4 races here. The drama queen Danica won't be earning respect from her peers acting like that. LOL

My understanding is Goodyear changed the compound, at the request of drivers/Nascar, so there would be less rubber put down - drivers last year complained about too much rubber on the track during the race, making the turns slick.
It would not have hurt to test the new tire before the race, though an inherent problem mentioned was a tire test, with say 4 cars, would not reveal if the tire put down (or not put down) the rubber as seen with a few dozen cars; the test would have revealed the 30 lap lifespan (after driving Saturday, drivers said the quick wearing tire was grippy, and faster, that the replacement).

Same old same old.

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Originally posted 09:09 AM ET  03.20 by Zeeker

My understanding is Goodyear changed the compound, at the request of drivers/Nascar, so there would be less rubber put down - drivers last year complained about too much rubber on the track during the race, making the turns slick. It would not have hurt to test the new tire before the race, though an inherent problem mentioned was a tire test, with say 4 cars, would not reveal if the tire put down (or not put down) the rubber as seen with a few dozen cars; the test would have revealed the 30 lap lifespan (after driving Saturday, drivers said the quick wearing tire was grippy, and faster, that the replacement).

That is a typical damned if you do damned if you don't ...

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Originally posted 01:10 PM ET  03.20 by EarnTaz88

That is a typical damned if you do damned if you don't ...

Also, any man knows it is better to last then be fast ...

Looks like Bristol has a third of the seats empty -- used to be you couldn't get tickets to that race ...

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Originally posted 01:12 PM ET  03.20 by EarnTaz88

Looks like Bristol has a third of the seats empty -- used to be you couldn't get tickets to that race ...

Nowadays, go to the race, or feed your family. I see some empty spots, you're right, used to be full-up.

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Originally posted 10:49 PM ET  03.19 by JKINDELRAY

Looks like Kyle has won 4 of the last 4 races here. The drama queen Danica won't be earning respect from her peers acting like that. LOL

Make it 5 for 5.

Pretty clean race today. Tires weren't an issue as anticipated so I suppose we should give Goodyear the credit they deserve.

Nice win for Kyle and JGR although Mr Gibbs must be disappointed in how the 11 and 20 finished.

As for Danica, she didn't do much but express her frustration with Truex Jr. Looked to me like he got a bit screwy on the straight and came down into her off the wall. I'd be pissed too.