By: Steve
Dixon
Tires...Tires...Tires...
Is it my imagination
or are tires becoming a real issue this season? It is getting…NO,
it is to the point where almost every week a tire unexpectedly goes
down, puts someone into the wall, and then they proceed to either
lose the race or involve way too many other drivers in the wreak.
I am absolutely
sick of tire failure causing all of these wrecks and dictating race
winners. There are too many variables to deal with in racing already
and bad tires should not be another.
Ask Joe Nemechek
what he thinks about Goodyear tires this year. He had a half track
lead with less than 10 laps to go (tires should not have been an
issue) and boooooom into the wall because a tire went down. At Chicagoland
tire problems put Kasey Kahne into the wall, Jimmie Johnson had
a tire go down (causing him to go down a lap) and these drivers
did not have a lot of laps on their tires.
Goodyear’s comment
on the subject “they would have to bring a better tire next year
to Chicagoland” that’s nice but what about all the other races?
Granted there were a lot of tire problems at Chicagoland but tire
problems have been an issue all season long. Tires are playing more
of a part in the out come of races than motors this year and that
should not be the case.
I do not know
how much, or even if Goodyear pays NASCAR to be the exclusive provider
of tires, but whatever the deal is it is not working and the quality
of racing is being hurt!
I have always
been taught that whenever a method of doing business adversely affects
the product you are selling you change that method. NASCAR lets
car owners pick drivers, cars, motors, transmissions and rear ends
perhaps they should let them pick tires too. Maybe next year Nascar
should bring a better tire maker.
If Goodyear's
performance at the Nascar tracks this year are any indication, riding
on the Wings of Goodyear could be hazardous to your health.
Steve
Steve Dixon
is a computer consultant, website designer and is an avid fan of
NASCAR. He is also the co-founder of NASCAR Cheat Sheet a website
dedicated to the Fantasy
NASCAR League enthusiast.
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