Tire Problems Plague 2008 Brickyard 400
Sunday July 27, 2008
The 2008 Brickyard 400 was a real mess. Tire problems forced NASCAR to throw a competition caution after every nine laps of green flag racing.
Goodyear has been building race tires for many years. How does something like this happen? This was a sad excuse for a NASCAR race. Goodyear and NASCAR need to do more testing, more research, more whatever to ensure that a fiasco like this doesn't happen again.
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why is it always goodyears fault. does anybody look at what the teams are doing. The space shuttle blew up didn’t it. When you do things beyond belief you will have that. But then again everybody is cutting cost somewhere. Tires are petroleum. When everyone takes blame then you can truly fix something. Thanks for your time. just the facts mam
I thought it was the right front but look at the pictures of the tires, burned thru in the middle, either from turning around the curve or the rear end is staggered to make it turn if that is the case then the tire is going down the straight slightly sideways or both. so how much would the tire cost if it did take the abuse? 200mph and then hard left 4times a circut what do you exspect. just mouthin. you tell me why?
You would see a better tire if Goodyear wasn’t the only tire. I would like to see the money Goodyear gave NASCAR to be the exclusive tire provider.
yeah but its such a sensitive thing only one company should be responsible at a time. to much risk to the driver then you would get into another blame game that nobody wants. when more companies are involve the drivers live are more at risk. Just my opinion
15/20 years ago when I first started watchin’ racin’ there was also Hoosier tires. What ever happened to them?
Tires, tires tires tires. Why should you have to redesign a tire around a race track. Get rid of Indy.
I thought yesterday’s race was the worse performance I have seen in years. The only reason the racers won’t complain is because they’ll hurt their sponsors egos and incur the almighty wrath of God Nascar. What a waste. The only reason anyone continued to watch is because they wanted to see the results for point standings. Yesterday was not racing.
Fire Robin Pemberton, a 3 car test showed there was going to be a problem. What the heck “the track will rubber up”. Same old rubber head thinking. How about giving the fans their money back.
Wonder why there were empty seats?
Go to NASCAR.com for the sugar coated story.
so what if robin said something would nascar have listened I’m sure he did. so you tell me no one plays monkey for money. Sad but true.robin is a cushion in between. Every big business has them. Wise up and say something that you can change. You don’t think the new car is harder on tires. Indy is one of the most tricky tracks there are, boring to watch but your not driving. Remember all of the Indy history always bring out things you never thought of because no other track is like it. If you don’t like it you don’t have to write watch or anything else. Either your a fan or not. Just be positive. To many peoples glass is always half empty. This nation was built on contribution. and anything else worth having is too.
Uhhhh! Din’t they just “Sand” the track so that they would have more traction????
Duhhh! Yer drivin’ on the equivalent of really “Gnarly” sandpaper!
Chill out, Dudes! B F Goodyear will figger it out.
is this goodyears first year in business? they make tires,so what was that crap sunday. nascar and goodyear should get on their knees and beg forgiveness from the fans
You can’t blame GoodYear, they make tires for race cars. the C.O.T. hardly qualifies as a race car when the teams have to use the tire as the main spring for the suspension. Let the teams build real race cars, give basic dimensions like engine size, carb size, # of gears, type of rear axle, Wheel dimensions, go back to last years body rules. Then, let the teams go to work building cars. Make all races impound racer to reduce costs.
I have to agree with Mal and some others here. That was the most pathetic excuse for a race I can ever recall. EVER! And I have been watching NASCAR closely since the very early 80’s. Forget the blame on Goodyear or NASCAR. I dont care who is to blame, that was just plain ugly….and I have sat through many an ugly NASCAR race and chalked up the bad ones to isolated circumstances. The fact that this was sooooooo bad proves that somebody did not do their homework. That was pathetic. If a tire cant be made for Indy then nix the Indy race. No loss because that was 12-14 sprints and not a real NASCAR race. Absolutely the worst showing I can remember.
The problem is the car of tomorrow.
It’s a piece of CRAP!
The racing surface at Indy hasn’t changed since 2005.
They raced on it in previously years with no problem.
Go back to the 2007 cars and the problem will disappear.
Contact NASCAR and tell them to make it the car of yesterday.
Ever since Nascar started messing up good racing with the chase and all of the dumb stuff like the lucky dog rule, the C.O.T. and all the rules they make up as they have the whim, I keep asking myself when am I going to just stop watching them on TV. (Who can afford to pay the outrageous price of tickets to see one live?) After the Indy 400 I now have the answer. I am no longer a Nascar Fan.
Gene Cavin says:
Ever since Nascar started messing up good racing with the chase and all of the dumb stuff like the lucky dog rule, the C.O.T. and all the rules they make up as they have the whim, I keep asking myself when am I going to just stop watching them on TV. (Who can afford to pay the outrageous price of tickets to see one live?) After the Indy 400 I now have the answer. I am no longer a Nascar Fan.
DUNBAR says I could not agree with you more Gene
It’s unfortunate that only one tire manufacturer is able to provide tires. Two or three would have shown whether it is the surface or the car or the manufacturer.
It was a sad excuse for a race, and to be truthful, there have been other, recent races where the tire was lacking in quality for the track it was designed for.
After tire testing, it was known well before hand that there was a problem, however, it was not addressed properly. Drivers in the chase paid a price, and the fans were shortchanged in that they did not get anything like the race they paid to see.
Open the field to other tire manufacturers and drive up the quality. If competition is good for the drivers, it should be good for those who provide materials for the machines.
just the fact mam….. so has anybody done the math on how many miles it is at Indy for 7 or 10 laps compared to let say darlington or the monster MILE hmmm. so nobody likes equal control arm length. does anybody remember what happened when Hoosier mad the tire compound to sticky, something else gave way, like the inner wall of the tire. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Ernie Erven on Hoosier when he wrecked at Michigan. I might be wrong on that but somebody knows.
that was the worst “race ” i have ever watched . goodyear should give fans half their money back for the crappy tires they gave nascar to run sunday…i think they should have tryouts for races where tire companys compete to earn the spot of tire provider for each race. have a neutral driver test each companys compounds b4 each race, like tony kanaan, im sure the copetition would be watched by many to see whos tire will be on the cars for the upcoming race…humm ????
I was at the race and it was awful. More fans were cheering at the street sweeper race that went on every caution. Long hot boring day!!! They really should be ashamed of the performance. The most fun was listening to the drivers on the scanner. They at least were feeling for the fans in the stands.
Bruce 3 that is the best one yet Maybe everyboby could work at refining that idea
On the other hand, what happened to, “Run what you brung?” OK, the tires wouldn’t last more than 10 laps running hard, how many laps would they last if you ran a little slower? Would you save time by running hard and changing rubber often or backing off and staying out longer? You can turn into corners better by angling your rear tires out, but then you’re dragging them down the straights. Who would try running with a straight rear axle?
In other words, why couldn’t NASCAR let each driver and team set their own strategy and still have had a RACE?
I been waiting for you old timer and there you have it. quit crying. You got what you got deal with it
dannysays:U r Really a moron!!
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Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Ernie Erven on Hoosier when he wrecked at Michigan. I might be wrong on that but somebody knows.
Give your head a shake to see how loose your brain is
Thank you harper hater hack head.
And your impute was???
If i didn’t know I was looking too know. It is people like you you that keep many problems from being resolved. CAN’T never did nothen. Some edicate would do you good.
You are forgiven
Gaston Chevrolet won the 1920 Indy 500 on ONE set of tires and that was over harsh bricks and on tires that were no wider than the palm of your hand.