NASCAR will use its all-star race to test a tire that uses rubber developed by Goodyear for its rain tires to see if it wears quicker.
will use its annual all-star race to test a tire that uses rubber that Goodyear developed for its rain tires to see if it will wear quicker than the current rubber used on Goodyear’s slick tires.
uses on short tracks and road courses. The event will be 200 laps with a caution at Lap 100 where teams must make a four-tire pit stop. There will be another caution at Lap 150 where teams have the option of making a pit stop. What tires they put on during the pit stops will be the teams’ decision. Cup drivers have been complimentary of the rain tires used in damp conditions on short tracks at North Wilkesboro last year and Richmond this year.
wants to see if that formula can be replicated with a slick tire on a dry track, which could improve racing on short tracks. North Wilkesboro is a 0.625-mile track and was repaved in the offseason. 'At our North Wilkesboro test, there was significantly more lap-time fall-off with what has become the option tire than we had with the prime,' Goodyear director of racing Greg Stucker said.
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