Teams testing with Hoosier, B.F. Goodrich, Goodyear not happy
Quote selected text Published May 24th, 2007 in NASCAR News
NASCAR limits tires for Nextel Cup testing, barring teams from using Goodyears except at the seven major authorized tests. So, teams have made side deals with Hoosier and Michelin subsidiary B. F. Goodrich for test tires.
Stu Grant, Goodyear’s racing boss, said he plans to talk with NASCAR about changing the tire-testing rules ‘to try to find a solution to this thing, because what we’ve got now is not a good situation.
“The whole testing thing has to be addressed, because the teams are not happy. They’re asking me for tires, and I cannot supply tires.”
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ha good! Nascar, in my opinion, needs to switch to Hoosiers anyway.
Starting about four years ago I’ve been a proponent of that move.
A lot of short tracks across the country run Hoosiers rather than
Goodyear. I know the ones around here do, and how many tire problems
do you hear about there? I’ve seen probably five blown tires in the
years I’ve been going to them, and atleast two were on dirt, which
is obviously different.
Retard [[Brian France]]:
Drop Goodyear. Pick up Hoosier. Thanks.
Hoosier didn’t work in the early 90’s, what makes us think they will work now?
Tire competition in the cup series is not a good thing and history proves that.
BFG’s rock. they’re the superior tire in the offroad racing circuits. makes sense to bring them to other forms of racin!!!!
I agree with ya’ll mostly. I also think if Goodyear paid closer attention and had a more direct interest in racing they wouldn’t have found themselves in this situation. I don’t think Goodyear really deserves to be the official tire of NASCAR.
BFGs rock eh? Then what was that incident in one of the sports car
series’ races a year or two ago? I don’t know the rest of their
record for success throughout history, but a screw-up that big even
once would make one eye them cautiously.
Competition only makes things better, so when the Goodyear contract is up, they should allow teams to select their own tire mfg. The reason that all the driver’s complain about Goodyear is because they are locked in, with no competition; thus, they have no reason to continue to develop a better product. Lack of competition only produces stagnation.
When Hoosier tried to get into Nascar before they realized the numbers of tired they would have to produce was too high to keep up with. I’m not sure if that had changed , but they also had issues with reliability in a long race. But , it would kinda be cool if there were different brands racing each week.
Lets use firestones so that they will catch fire when the drivers spin the tires out of pitroad!
hahaha
Pitroad = pitboxes in my comment.. i was to busy laughin to realize i typed road and not boxes.
what tires were involved in the suv scandal the ford suv tires were ripping apart wrecking the trucks I believe ? anyone wanna help here with a brand name.
Those would be Goodyears on Ford Explorers dear.
not goodyear. They were Firestone tires! not goodyear. And it was the Ford Exploders!!!
Heres the article! Just to enlighten everyone
Bridgestone Firestone Tire Recall
In 2001, Ford Motor Company announced that it would replace 13 million Wilderness AT tires on its sports utility and pick-ups as a result of mounting concerns surrounding their safety. This followed orders from the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (”NHTSA”) Bridgestone/Firestone to recall 6.5 million Firestone ATX and Wilderness tires following the death of 271 people and more than 700 injuries attributed to defective tire separation.
NHTSA found that Firestone’s ATX and Wilderness tires, which were predominately used as original equipment on Ford Explorer SUVs, had inferior belt wedge thickness, poor shoulder design and inadequate belt adhesion levels. Further analysis by outside experts found that the rubber used to manufacture the tires may have been contaminated and/or substandard.