Nascar claims Goodyears the choice because of safety???????

Charles Nungester · 2/11/08, 9:18 PM

I can't believe that a company involved in the sport for what? 40 plus years on a dozen different cars including real stock cars, Can't make a tire last 50 laps?

Nascar says the reason they booted hoosier was safety? So how's it safer now?

It's all about the $$$$ IMHO

Anyone think different?
Chuck

Dwight Clock · 2/11/08, 9:35 PM

Considering that the average Cup team runs up a $20,000 tire bill each weekend it is and has been all about the money between Goodyear and NASCAR for many years.

FishBurger · 2/11/08, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester

I can't believe that a company involved in the sport for what? 40 plus years on a dozen different cars including real stock cars, Can't make a tire last 50 laps?

Nascar says the reason they booted hoosier was safety? So how's it safer now?

It's all about the $$$$ IMHO

Anyone think different?
Chuck

Softer = Faster

Back when they had a choice between Hoosiers and Goodyears Geoff Bodine was winning poles on the softer Hoosiers forcing Goodyear to make softer tires which forced Hoosier to make softer tires which forced Goodyear to make softer tires.........you get the picture. Result was an increasing frequency of tire failures.

Competition between tire manufacturers may not be a good thing.

Gasman fan 50 · 2/11/08, 10:49 PM

Are they still made here in the States? Or should I say, in The North American Union?

smbpreformance · 2/11/08, 11:21 PM

Goodyear is under no incentive to change they are the only supplier and NASCAR will just throw a yellow so teams can change tires instead of making teams use proper tire managment and pit stop stratigy with green flag pit stops

Gasman fan 50 · 2/12/08, 2:27 AM

I don't know much, but they were talking about camber as a cause of wearing out tires. I thought caster and toe were the most important wear problem. Camber like the old VW bug swing axle. This car on today sucks!:moon:

zeroracer · 2/13/08, 3:32 AM

the reason they say it is a camber issue is because the more camber you run the less surface contact you have, less surface on the track = less drag on big fast tracks, the problem is all the wear is on 1/4 of the tire instead of evenly causing them to wear fast in that area causing a failure.....

next thing you'll see is a nascar mandated camber angle

2/11/08, 9:18 PM	#1 Nascar claims Goodyears the choice because of safety???????
Charles Nungester Senior Member Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 14 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 22,198	I can't believe that a company involved in the sport for what? 40 plus years on a dozen different cars including real stock cars, Can't make a tire last 50 laps? Nascar says the reason they booted hoosier was safety? So how's it safer now? It's all about the $$$$ IMHO Anyone think different? Chuck __________________ Charles Nungester

2/11/08, 9:35 PM	#2 Re: Nascar claims Goodyears the choice because of safety???????
Dwight Clock Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,233	Considering that the average Cup team runs up a $20,000 tire bill each weekend it is and has been all about the money between Goodyear and NASCAR for many years.

2/11/08, 10:49 PM	#4 Re: Nascar claims Goodyears the choice because of safety???????
Gasman fan 50 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 461	Are they still made here in the States? Or should I say, in The North American Union?

2/11/08, 11:21 PM	#5 Re: Nascar claims Goodyears the choice because of safety???????
smbpreformance Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 458	Goodyear is under no incentive to change they are the only supplier and NASCAR will just throw a yellow so teams can change tires instead of making teams use proper tire managment and pit stop stratigy with green flag pit stops

2/12/08, 2:27 AM	#6 Re: Nascar claims Goodyears the choice because of safety???????
Gasman fan 50 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 461	I don't know much, but they were talking about camber as a cause of wearing out tires. I thought caster and toe were the most important wear problem. Camber like the old VW bug swing axle. This car on today sucks!:moon:

2/13/08, 3:32 AM	#7 Re: Nascar claims Goodyears the choice because of safety???????
zeroracer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 251	the reason they say it is a camber issue is because the more camber you run the less surface contact you have, less surface on the track = less drag on big fast tracks, the problem is all the wear is on 1/4 of the tire instead of evenly causing them to wear fast in that area causing a failure..... next thing you'll see is a nascar mandated camber angle