Did Goodyear make an inferior tire at Lowe’s?
Quote selected text Published May 29th, 2008 in NASCAR News
Goodyear’s tires are back in the news after last Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. At least three, and probably more, drivers had tire troubles during the race, and the result was hard contact with the wall.
Kurt Busch led 64 laps before the right front tire on his Penske Racing Dodge gave way. Dale Earnhardt Jr. led five times for 76 laps, but he also had a tire issue that sent his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet into the wall.
And Tony Stewart was two laps from the checkered flag, holding a healthy lead, when the air went out of his tire and his hopes.
Goodyear tested its tire at Lowe’s. Teams tested their cars at Lowe’s. So what was the problem?
Maybe Stewart’s Joe Gibbs Racing team pushed the limit a bit by going the final 100 or so laps on one set of tires. But crew chief Greg Zipadelli said afterwards that the tires had not shown excessive heat or wear all weekend.
Earnhardt Jr. and Busch were on much fresher tires when their problems surfaced.
- Goodyear officials say tires performed as expected
- Goodyear runs new tire codes at California
- Goodyear to conduct COT tire test at Daytona
- Stewart blasts Goodyear once again
- Atlanta Goodyear testing postponed
Fisha695 wrote:
No but at the end of the race the track is different then it has been all weekend, the cars are being driven differently then they have all weekend.
I don’t think its Goodyears fault at all, its a product of racing, and the only way you will ever see less tire failures is if NASCAR says the teams have to run the recommended Caster/Camber/Toe/PSI/speed/Number of Laps that Goodyear suggests.
Fisha695 wrote:
LOL good luck with that one!
The camber that cup teams want to run in cars these days
absolutely kills tire wear.
Goodyear are doing their best.
They are making a competitive tire that may have a slim chance or error
versus the rock hard tires that suck competition wise but wont go down (Vegas i think)
i think the problem was not enough wear and the teams got over confident and put too many laps on their right side tires. the only way they could foresee any problems would be night time testing so they could duplicate the conditions. Anyhow Charlotte has always been tough on tires.
andy…that was Atlanta your refering to with the crappy tires…the time when smoke went off the wall and harassed them about it