Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - IUPUI and USAC Team Up to Study Tire Cheating

2140rc · 1/12/16, 2:10 PM

Apparently developing forensic tests to detect chemicals used to soften tires.

"The products that people use on these tires are chemically very similar to fuel, like gas or lighter fluid; they are in a very similar family," said John Goodpaster, director of the Forensic Sciences Program and associate professor of chemistry at IUPUI, and the lead researcher on the study.

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports...cing/78648264/

1/12/16, 2:10 PM	#1 IUPUI and USAC Team Up to Study Tire Cheating
2140rc Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 57	Apparently developing forensic tests to detect chemicals used to soften tires. "The products that people use on these tires are chemically very similar to fuel, like gas or lighter fluid; they are in a very similar family," said John Goodpaster, director of the Forensic Sciences Program and associate professor of chemistry at IUPUI, and the lead researcher on the study. http://www.indystar.com/story/sports...cing/78648264/