Screw Toyota, says me and Tony!
Yea, and I’m usre you were doing tripple digit speeds through turns on them too...(rolling eyes).
I’m no fan of Nascar, but after talkign to a few of their fans, I can understand why they are facinated by bright shiny objects moving quickly in loops.
“”an additional 100-pound load on the right side tires” was too much for ‘em? I’ve hauled more than two tons on a three-quarter ton Ford, different times, guess I was lucky I wasn’t on Goodyears. “
Were you going 190mph?
There are no acceptable excuses.
The drivers knew the tires stunk up the show. The New car has proven it can run and provide exciting competition when the tires work.
Yesterday the tires didn’t work.
How much of your haul was at 175+ mph on a 25+ degree banking?
Good-Year is a blimp. Hoosier is a tire.
This was a stupid race and if Nascar doesn’t get on top of this they will sink into obscurity. Personally, I have lost interest. Yesterday was a debacle and totally meaningless. They should consider removing about 200 pounds off the vehicles or getting a different tire builder who can put a tire on these vehicles that don’t decide the race.
I followed the sport for almost 20 years but hardly watch it anymore. I have found it boring. I don’t know what exactly is wrong but I suspect it is the management that doesn’t know a tire from a lug bolt.
Yesterday was a waste of time and money. Nascar ought to refund the money to the spectators. I slept through most of it.
I dunno......I use to watch years ago when they used STOCK CARS. not these abominations. might as well watch open wheel cars as these ‘decepticons’.
after the screwin’ that NASCAR put to Hoosier when they tried to enter the sport, they’re getting what they deserve.
The asphalt at Indy has been ground, so there are visible grooves in the surface. I’ve been to a number of Brickyards, including yesterday. IMO, the compound for the tire was too hard. The grooves in the track just ground the rubber off as dust. There were clouds of black dust following the cars. In previous years, you didn’t see this. Good Year tested very early at Indy and then had tire troubles at races after that. I think they guessed on how to compensate for what they learned after Indy testing and just missed.
What a boring race! I was watching it but after the first couple of flags I decided to go boating. when I came home (when Thunderstroms started) I watched the end of the race, lousy race - and my dad said NASCAR is starting to fail - empty seats at racetracks!! (Also www.jayski.com said NASCAR is not selling tickets to all places.)
boring Race yesterday — Roush Fenway never tested the tires until this week...and Jack is mad at that. GoodYear needs to have competition in the racing tire market.