Brickyard 400 and you cant run more then 10 laps on the tire that Goodyear brought to this race. One of the most embarrassing sports spectacles I have ever seen.
No kidding. What a disgrace. Second biggest NASCAR event of the year (biggest to some folks) and they turn it into amateur hour.
doesn't this issue raise it's head every five years or so, where an entire run of tires fail... I thought it was Hoosier last time.
Yeah, it sure did suck. I turned on the race about halfway through hoping for some exciting Indy action... and it sucked. some of the greenflag racing was okay when it was actually happening... there just wasnt enough of it. As for goodyear, while yes they are partly to blame, lets not forget nascar's share of the blame too. Rushing the new car out fulltime this year has hurt, and not to mention its nascar that keeps pushing goodyear to make tires that fall off fast. They want that in an attempt to keep the racing closer, and to slow down the cars. All it does is force teams to look for ways to make them faster, usually putting too much camber on the right sides, and they just wear down to nothing. With that being said, theres still absolutely no excuse for a tire that only lasts 10 laps. Look at the IRL races, sure the tires are twice as wide, and the cars weigh half as much, but those tires could last forever it seems. If nascar would allow goodyear to bring those types of compounds to the track, we'd have better tires to race on, however that will never happen.