Monday, October 3, 2011

Goodyear's Good Work A Problem?

It's just been announced that NASCAR and Goodyear Tires has extended their working agreement through 2017. Goodyear has been very successful over the last couple of years matching their tires to the new COT car with the results really becoming obvious this season.

The bane of NASCAR 2011 has become the fuel mileage races that are now prevalent. What’s different from years past? Look no further than the excellent tires Goodyear is supplying to the sport. I don’t have the stats but I’d venture to say the number of cautions in 2011 are generally down and that there is a direct correlation to the number of tire problem cautions. This all adds up to fuel becoming the primary variable as less cautions result in longer runs that the improved tires allow…

Even Tony hasn't been bad mouthing Goodyear's tires!

 
NASCAR just addressed the tandem drafting with some rules changes to break up this superspeedway drafting practice (we’ll see the results in a couple of weeks). Can anything be done to put a more competitive product on NASCAR’s Cup tracks given the changes these excellent tires have brought about?

Will the momentum NASCAR rebuilt with it’s improving TV ratings and higher race attendance be negated by a less appealing form of racing thanks to Goodyear’s good work?
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5 comments:

  1. tezgm99October 4, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    unless NASCAR do what F1 did and demand the tyre supplier to make them not last as long, I don't really see a solution here :/

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  2. Dwindy1October 4, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    Kinda seems counter-productive to downgrade the tyres.

    Maybe they could use smaller fuel tanks? That would never be accepted...

    Thanks Tez!
    (I think I've got this log-in problem solved with Google :}

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  3. klvalusOctober 5, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Glad you got your log in problem solved!

    I love that first shot of the tires with the RedBull tires (or Kurts?) and the Miller Lite ones...so cool.

    Can't downgrade the quality, and drivers need to be safe not worrying about big blow outs, need to change design of the car so they can get the front ends to turn again and make it less top heavy...

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  4. Dwindy1October 6, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Yeah... I got back in the good graces of Google...

    Maybe NASCAR needs to give the manufacturer's cars a little more separation with greater trademark differences... Seems they raced for years that way. Why not build the COT innovations into cars that actually resemble what they're supposed to be?

    Check out the Super V-8's this weekend to see the modern state of stock car racing... And next year we'll see them on the new F1 track in Austin (pretty sure that's true)...

    Thanks Kristen!

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  5. JohnApril 11, 2022 at 1:18 AM

    Hello nice bloog

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