Tires! Tires! Tires!?

HECK YEAH! We race different brands of cars, we all have different sponsors, different setups for different drivers, why not! I think its a good idea, and I have thought this for a long time.

The drivers could even pick what kind of tire they wanted depending on the track. Say Goodyear had the best speedway, and super-speedway tire, then Micheline had the best road racing tire... and so on... I think it would create a different variable in the Nascar... With the COT, and other issues, Nascar is going towards cars that are all equal, and then its left up to the driver... Much like restrictor plate racing... while restrictor plate racing is some of the funnest to watch if your a fan of Nascar, its very dangerous for the driver... If Nascar keeps the pace of its new regulations, this close pack of cars will be seen at every race... then it turns into a demolition derby...

give them the choice to purchase whatever tire they want... what is it going to hurt...

Well the rules have changed last year as well, but the the answer is fair competition. Goodyear and NASCAR made a deal a few back to provide so many tire per race and Goodyear has been able to deliver.

On a side note the teams no longer purchase the tires from Goodyear. They actually lease the tires from NASCAR during the race weekend. After the race they have to return all tires, and will be fined and loose points if they don't.

The thing with Goodyear tires is they have the money to develop the best possible tire then say Firestone.

Both Goodyear and Firestone in the 1940’s was the top tire in NASCAR and they both developed today’s Inner Liner for NASCAR. Goodyear had more wins then firestone. So of course, teams wanted the best and went with Goodyear. Goodyear had the money to make improvements where firestone did not so they fell off the charts.

Hooiser broke into racing and had a brief stay for the same reasons. Teams using Hooiser tires were not winning. Where Goodyear was! Again, it all goes back to money. Money is power and Goodyear has the money to develop new, faster and safer tires then any other tire company. Race teams want the best of the best.

Hooiser went back to the smaller series and dirt tracks and had great success. Just like drivers. Some want to race in the Cup series, but can hang with the big dogs so they head back to the busch or truck series and do great!

Another thing to think about, lets say firestone and hoosier is allowed back in and develop a safe tire. Now you have 3 different tire compounds being put down. Ever watch a cup car enter a turn after a truck race? Talk about being wicked loose. The tire is gripping, gripping, hits the hoosier compound and WHAMMMM. Smack, right into the wall. Different tire compounds running over different tire compounds is not safe.

A few years back when the Goodyear/Hoosier tire wars were going on, NASCAR got a BJ from Goodyear and made it almost impossible for Hoosier. NASCAR requires any tire manufacturer to have so many tires available for each race that a smaller supplier can't supply them. Go to a short track where the cars have more HP then a NEXTEL Cup car and you will probably see more Hoosiers then Goodyears. In fact, some organizations ban Hoosiers or certain Hoosier compounds in some classes because of the unfair advantage that they give.

No^.. All tires are not the same... Lol.. With as much emphasis on equality in racing, and the skill of the driver that determines the winner, I think you have to stick with the same tire. Nascar revolves around equality. One maker(ford, dodge, chevy, pontiac) gets an advantage, and Nascar "sanctions" them and brings them down to the other manufacturers level. If you let them pick whatever tire they wanted, that would create an imbalance in the equality of the cars.

I agree with asgrafxx... Even Goodyear messed around with their own tires to much last year and almost hurt a lot of people...they took the wrong tires to a couple of tracks that didn't work to well. They kept blowing out.

(1) Fuel---- (1) Tire........

Yes, Hoosier and Firestone would make things more interesting. The last driver to win more than once on Hoosier's in Winston Cup was Geoff Bodine. At North Wilkes. he lapped the entire field. I also understand NASCAR wants to level the playing field as much as possible.

No. Having a single tire manufacturer cuts down on whining and excuses. If there's only one manufacturer, no one can say, "my tires didn't have as much grip as his did." Everyone's on equal (or as close as Goodyear's tolerances allow) footing.

Good answer asgrafxx.Another main reason NASCAR sticks to one tire supplier is because of their desire to level the playing field .No one can complain about other teams having an unfair advantage with a different tire

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