Greg Stucker acknowledged that tire put on is an effective factor in a NASCAR race, however the quantity seen Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway was surprising and an excessive amount of.
“I’d agree [that] tire put on is all the time the aim,” Stucker, Goodyear director of racing, stated throughout a go to to the media heart in the course of the remaining stage of the Meals Metropolis 500. “That’s what individuals needed to see. It creates comers and goers and who manages tires the most effective. However we thought we had been in a very great spot final 12 months with the tire as we raced it within the fall and one thing is completely different now. So that is too drastic.”
Cup Sequence groups skilled excessive tire put on and cording proper from the inexperienced flag Sunday. It left drivers slowing down the tempo of the race to preserve rubber, making an attempt to make it a complete run on gas with out concern. Nonetheless, a rash of incidents and cautions resulted in NASCAR permitting Goodyear to launch an additional set of tires to the groups early within the second stage.
There have been 10 units of tires out there to the groups coming into Sunday’s race. Along with having 9 units for the race, groups may carry over one set from qualifying.
“We examined right here final 12 months with the intent to provide you with a tire bundle that generated extra tire put on — that was the request from NASCAR and the groups,” Stucker stated. “We really feel like we had a really profitable take a look at. We really feel like we had a really profitable race within the fall of final 12 months as a result of we did precisely that. We ran a full gas cease [and] undoubtedly noticed put on, however we thought it was spot on. So now we’re making an attempt to grasp what’s completely different — why is the racetrack behaving in a different way this weekend than what it did a 12 months in the past?”
The acute cording was a results of the monitor not taking rubber.
“In case you lookup within the corners, the tire rubber is being worn off and it’s simply not adhering to the racetrack,” Stucker stated. “That’s why you see all of the marbles up within the corners. And once more, final August, it took rubber instantly. As is typical with concrete, you run round underneath warning it’ll choose it again up. We see that at Martinsville, we see that at Dover, we see that right here. However instantly once we return inexperienced, it lays again down and that’s simply not occurring.”
Goodyear introduced the identical left-side tire code that has run at Bristol for the reason that fall of 2022. The correct facet debuted at Bristol within the fall (after the take a look at Stucker talked about).
“It’s the identical [race] bundle. It’s the identical tire mixture,” Stucker stated. “Clearly, the distinction is resin was positioned on the decrease groove as a substitute of the PJ1. But I nonetheless suppose the racetrack ought to be taking rubber because it did final 12 months. It took rubber instantly throughout that race.
“It’s nonetheless a little bit of an unknown so far as why it’s not behaving the identical — that being the racetrack. However that’s sort of what we all know now. Clearly, all people is sort of in the identical boat however some guys are capable of handle via it a bit bit higher than others. It’s nonetheless a tricky state of affairs, and we’re going to must attempt to perceive precisely what’s occurring, what’s completely different, and modify from there.”
NASCAR had the resin sprayed via the decrease groove at Bristol for the reason that monitor had turn out to be top-lane-dominant in years previous. It was utilized to the monitor initially of the weekend and reapplied Sunday morning following the Saturday night time Craftsman Truck Sequence race.
“Everyone acquired collectively and expressed concern [about tires], however we determined to attend and see what occurred with the truck race,” Stucker stated. “The truck race went precisely like we anticipated it to – it put rubber down instantly, tire put on was in step with what now we have traditionally seen, so it’s a bit bit unclear as to why we’re not seeing that very same factor at this time.”
Greg Stucker acknowledged that tire put on is an effective factor in a NASCAR race, however the quantity seen Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway was surprising and an excessive amount of.
“I’d agree [that] tire put on is all the time the aim,” Stucker, Goodyear director of racing, stated throughout a go to to the media heart in the course of the remaining stage of the Meals Metropolis 500. “That’s what individuals needed to see. It creates comers and goers and who manages tires the most effective. However we thought we had been in a very great spot final 12 months with the tire as we raced it within the fall and one thing is completely different now. So that is too drastic.”
Cup Sequence groups skilled excessive tire put on and cording proper from the inexperienced flag Sunday. It left drivers slowing down the tempo of the race to preserve rubber, making an attempt to make it a complete run on gas with out concern. Nonetheless, a rash of incidents and cautions resulted in NASCAR permitting Goodyear to launch an additional set of tires to the groups early within the second stage.
There have been 10 units of tires out there to the groups coming into Sunday’s race. Along with having 9 units for the race, groups may carry over one set from qualifying.
“We examined right here final 12 months with the intent to provide you with a tire bundle that generated extra tire put on — that was the request from NASCAR and the groups,” Stucker stated. “We really feel like we had a really profitable take a look at. We really feel like we had a really profitable race within the fall of final 12 months as a result of we did precisely that. We ran a full gas cease [and] undoubtedly noticed put on, however we thought it was spot on. So now we’re making an attempt to grasp what’s completely different — why is the racetrack behaving in a different way this weekend than what it did a 12 months in the past?”
The acute cording was a results of the monitor not taking rubber.
“In case you lookup within the corners, the tire rubber is being worn off and it’s simply not adhering to the racetrack,” Stucker stated. “That’s why you see all of the marbles up within the corners. And once more, final August, it took rubber instantly. As is typical with concrete, you run round underneath warning it’ll choose it again up. We see that at Martinsville, we see that at Dover, we see that right here. However instantly once we return inexperienced, it lays again down and that’s simply not occurring.”
Goodyear introduced the identical left-side tire code that has run at Bristol for the reason that fall of 2022. The correct facet debuted at Bristol within the fall (after the take a look at Stucker talked about).
“It’s the identical [race] bundle. It’s the identical tire mixture,” Stucker stated. “Clearly, the distinction is resin was positioned on the decrease groove as a substitute of the PJ1. But I nonetheless suppose the racetrack ought to be taking rubber because it did final 12 months. It took rubber instantly throughout that race.
“It’s nonetheless a little bit of an unknown so far as why it’s not behaving the identical — that being the racetrack. However that’s sort of what we all know now. Clearly, all people is sort of in the identical boat however some guys are capable of handle via it a bit bit higher than others. It’s nonetheless a tricky state of affairs, and we’re going to must attempt to perceive precisely what’s occurring, what’s completely different, and modify from there.”
NASCAR had the resin sprayed via the decrease groove at Bristol for the reason that monitor had turn out to be top-lane-dominant in years previous. It was utilized to the monitor initially of the weekend and reapplied Sunday morning following the Saturday night time Craftsman Truck Sequence race.
“Everyone acquired collectively and expressed concern [about tires], however we determined to attend and see what occurred with the truck race,” Stucker stated. “The truck race went precisely like we anticipated it to – it put rubber down instantly, tire put on was in step with what now we have traditionally seen, so it’s a bit bit unclear as to why we’re not seeing that very same factor at this time.”
Greg Stucker acknowledged that tire put on is an effective factor in a NASCAR race, however the quantity seen Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway was surprising and an excessive amount of.
“I’d agree [that] tire put on is all the time the aim,” Stucker, Goodyear director of racing, stated throughout a go to to the media heart in the course of the remaining stage of the Meals Metropolis 500. “That’s what individuals needed to see. It creates comers and goers and who manages tires the most effective. However we thought we had been in a very great spot final 12 months with the tire as we raced it within the fall and one thing is completely different now. So that is too drastic.”
Cup Sequence groups skilled excessive tire put on and cording proper from the inexperienced flag Sunday. It left drivers slowing down the tempo of the race to preserve rubber, making an attempt to make it a complete run on gas with out concern. Nonetheless, a rash of incidents and cautions resulted in NASCAR permitting Goodyear to launch an additional set of tires to the groups early within the second stage.
There have been 10 units of tires out there to the groups coming into Sunday’s race. Along with having 9 units for the race, groups may carry over one set from qualifying.
“We examined right here final 12 months with the intent to provide you with a tire bundle that generated extra tire put on — that was the request from NASCAR and the groups,” Stucker stated. “We really feel like we had a really profitable take a look at. We really feel like we had a really profitable race within the fall of final 12 months as a result of we did precisely that. We ran a full gas cease [and] undoubtedly noticed put on, however we thought it was spot on. So now we’re making an attempt to grasp what’s completely different — why is the racetrack behaving in a different way this weekend than what it did a 12 months in the past?”
The acute cording was a results of the monitor not taking rubber.
“In case you lookup within the corners, the tire rubber is being worn off and it’s simply not adhering to the racetrack,” Stucker stated. “That’s why you see all of the marbles up within the corners. And once more, final August, it took rubber instantly. As is typical with concrete, you run round underneath warning it’ll choose it again up. We see that at Martinsville, we see that at Dover, we see that right here. However instantly once we return inexperienced, it lays again down and that’s simply not occurring.”
Goodyear introduced the identical left-side tire code that has run at Bristol for the reason that fall of 2022. The correct facet debuted at Bristol within the fall (after the take a look at Stucker talked about).
“It’s the identical [race] bundle. It’s the identical tire mixture,” Stucker stated. “Clearly, the distinction is resin was positioned on the decrease groove as a substitute of the PJ1. But I nonetheless suppose the racetrack ought to be taking rubber because it did final 12 months. It took rubber instantly throughout that race.
“It’s nonetheless a little bit of an unknown so far as why it’s not behaving the identical — that being the racetrack. However that’s sort of what we all know now. Clearly, all people is sort of in the identical boat however some guys are capable of handle via it a bit bit higher than others. It’s nonetheless a tricky state of affairs, and we’re going to must attempt to perceive precisely what’s occurring, what’s completely different, and modify from there.”
NASCAR had the resin sprayed via the decrease groove at Bristol for the reason that monitor had turn out to be top-lane-dominant in years previous. It was utilized to the monitor initially of the weekend and reapplied Sunday morning following the Saturday night time Craftsman Truck Sequence race.
“Everyone acquired collectively and expressed concern [about tires], however we determined to attend and see what occurred with the truck race,” Stucker stated. “The truck race went precisely like we anticipated it to – it put rubber down instantly, tire put on was in step with what now we have traditionally seen, so it’s a bit bit unclear as to why we’re not seeing that very same factor at this time.”
Greg Stucker acknowledged that tire put on is an effective factor in a NASCAR race, however the quantity seen Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway was surprising and an excessive amount of.
“I’d agree [that] tire put on is all the time the aim,” Stucker, Goodyear director of racing, stated throughout a go to to the media heart in the course of the remaining stage of the Meals Metropolis 500. “That’s what individuals needed to see. It creates comers and goers and who manages tires the most effective. However we thought we had been in a very great spot final 12 months with the tire as we raced it within the fall and one thing is completely different now. So that is too drastic.”
Cup Sequence groups skilled excessive tire put on and cording proper from the inexperienced flag Sunday. It left drivers slowing down the tempo of the race to preserve rubber, making an attempt to make it a complete run on gas with out concern. Nonetheless, a rash of incidents and cautions resulted in NASCAR permitting Goodyear to launch an additional set of tires to the groups early within the second stage.
There have been 10 units of tires out there to the groups coming into Sunday’s race. Along with having 9 units for the race, groups may carry over one set from qualifying.
“We examined right here final 12 months with the intent to provide you with a tire bundle that generated extra tire put on — that was the request from NASCAR and the groups,” Stucker stated. “We really feel like we had a really profitable take a look at. We really feel like we had a really profitable race within the fall of final 12 months as a result of we did precisely that. We ran a full gas cease [and] undoubtedly noticed put on, however we thought it was spot on. So now we’re making an attempt to grasp what’s completely different — why is the racetrack behaving in a different way this weekend than what it did a 12 months in the past?”
The acute cording was a results of the monitor not taking rubber.
“In case you lookup within the corners, the tire rubber is being worn off and it’s simply not adhering to the racetrack,” Stucker stated. “That’s why you see all of the marbles up within the corners. And once more, final August, it took rubber instantly. As is typical with concrete, you run round underneath warning it’ll choose it again up. We see that at Martinsville, we see that at Dover, we see that right here. However instantly once we return inexperienced, it lays again down and that’s simply not occurring.”
Goodyear introduced the identical left-side tire code that has run at Bristol for the reason that fall of 2022. The correct facet debuted at Bristol within the fall (after the take a look at Stucker talked about).
“It’s the identical [race] bundle. It’s the identical tire mixture,” Stucker stated. “Clearly, the distinction is resin was positioned on the decrease groove as a substitute of the PJ1. But I nonetheless suppose the racetrack ought to be taking rubber because it did final 12 months. It took rubber instantly throughout that race.
“It’s nonetheless a little bit of an unknown so far as why it’s not behaving the identical — that being the racetrack. However that’s sort of what we all know now. Clearly, all people is sort of in the identical boat however some guys are capable of handle via it a bit bit higher than others. It’s nonetheless a tricky state of affairs, and we’re going to must attempt to perceive precisely what’s occurring, what’s completely different, and modify from there.”
NASCAR had the resin sprayed via the decrease groove at Bristol for the reason that monitor had turn out to be top-lane-dominant in years previous. It was utilized to the monitor initially of the weekend and reapplied Sunday morning following the Saturday night time Craftsman Truck Sequence race.
“Everyone acquired collectively and expressed concern [about tires], however we determined to attend and see what occurred with the truck race,” Stucker stated. “The truck race went precisely like we anticipated it to – it put rubber down instantly, tire put on was in step with what now we have traditionally seen, so it’s a bit bit unclear as to why we’re not seeing that very same factor at this time.”
Greg Stucker acknowledged that tire put on is an effective factor in a NASCAR race, however the quantity seen Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway was surprising and an excessive amount of.
“I’d agree [that] tire put on is all the time the aim,” Stucker, Goodyear director of racing, stated throughout a go to to the media heart in the course of the remaining stage of the Meals Metropolis 500. “That’s what individuals needed to see. It creates comers and goers and who manages tires the most effective. However we thought we had been in a very great spot final 12 months with the tire as we raced it within the fall and one thing is completely different now. So that is too drastic.”
Cup Sequence groups skilled excessive tire put on and cording proper from the inexperienced flag Sunday. It left drivers slowing down the tempo of the race to preserve rubber, making an attempt to make it a complete run on gas with out concern. Nonetheless, a rash of incidents and cautions resulted in NASCAR permitting Goodyear to launch an additional set of tires to the groups early within the second stage.
There have been 10 units of tires out there to the groups coming into Sunday’s race. Along with having 9 units for the race, groups may carry over one set from qualifying.
“We examined right here final 12 months with the intent to provide you with a tire bundle that generated extra tire put on — that was the request from NASCAR and the groups,” Stucker stated. “We really feel like we had a really profitable take a look at. We really feel like we had a really profitable race within the fall of final 12 months as a result of we did precisely that. We ran a full gas cease [and] undoubtedly noticed put on, however we thought it was spot on. So now we’re making an attempt to grasp what’s completely different — why is the racetrack behaving in a different way this weekend than what it did a 12 months in the past?”
The acute cording was a results of the monitor not taking rubber.
“In case you lookup within the corners, the tire rubber is being worn off and it’s simply not adhering to the racetrack,” Stucker stated. “That’s why you see all of the marbles up within the corners. And once more, final August, it took rubber instantly. As is typical with concrete, you run round underneath warning it’ll choose it again up. We see that at Martinsville, we see that at Dover, we see that right here. However instantly once we return inexperienced, it lays again down and that’s simply not occurring.”
Goodyear introduced the identical left-side tire code that has run at Bristol for the reason that fall of 2022. The correct facet debuted at Bristol within the fall (after the take a look at Stucker talked about).
“It’s the identical [race] bundle. It’s the identical tire mixture,” Stucker stated. “Clearly, the distinction is resin was positioned on the decrease groove as a substitute of the PJ1. But I nonetheless suppose the racetrack ought to be taking rubber because it did final 12 months. It took rubber instantly throughout that race.
“It’s nonetheless a little bit of an unknown so far as why it’s not behaving the identical — that being the racetrack. However that’s sort of what we all know now. Clearly, all people is sort of in the identical boat however some guys are capable of handle via it a bit bit higher than others. It’s nonetheless a tricky state of affairs, and we’re going to must attempt to perceive precisely what’s occurring, what’s completely different, and modify from there.”
NASCAR had the resin sprayed via the decrease groove at Bristol for the reason that monitor had turn out to be top-lane-dominant in years previous. It was utilized to the monitor initially of the weekend and reapplied Sunday morning following the Saturday night time Craftsman Truck Sequence race.
“Everyone acquired collectively and expressed concern [about tires], however we determined to attend and see what occurred with the truck race,” Stucker stated. “The truck race went precisely like we anticipated it to – it put rubber down instantly, tire put on was in step with what now we have traditionally seen, so it’s a bit bit unclear as to why we’re not seeing that very same factor at this time.”
Greg Stucker acknowledged that tire put on is an effective factor in a NASCAR race, however the quantity seen Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway was surprising and an excessive amount of.
“I’d agree [that] tire put on is all the time the aim,” Stucker, Goodyear director of racing, stated throughout a go to to the media heart in the course of the remaining stage of the Meals Metropolis 500. “That’s what individuals needed to see. It creates comers and goers and who manages tires the most effective. However we thought we had been in a very great spot final 12 months with the tire as we raced it within the fall and one thing is completely different now. So that is too drastic.”
Cup Sequence groups skilled excessive tire put on and cording proper from the inexperienced flag Sunday. It left drivers slowing down the tempo of the race to preserve rubber, making an attempt to make it a complete run on gas with out concern. Nonetheless, a rash of incidents and cautions resulted in NASCAR permitting Goodyear to launch an additional set of tires to the groups early within the second stage.
There have been 10 units of tires out there to the groups coming into Sunday’s race. Along with having 9 units for the race, groups may carry over one set from qualifying.
“We examined right here final 12 months with the intent to provide you with a tire bundle that generated extra tire put on — that was the request from NASCAR and the groups,” Stucker stated. “We really feel like we had a really profitable take a look at. We really feel like we had a really profitable race within the fall of final 12 months as a result of we did precisely that. We ran a full gas cease [and] undoubtedly noticed put on, however we thought it was spot on. So now we’re making an attempt to grasp what’s completely different — why is the racetrack behaving in a different way this weekend than what it did a 12 months in the past?”
The acute cording was a results of the monitor not taking rubber.
“In case you lookup within the corners, the tire rubber is being worn off and it’s simply not adhering to the racetrack,” Stucker stated. “That’s why you see all of the marbles up within the corners. And once more, final August, it took rubber instantly. As is typical with concrete, you run round underneath warning it’ll choose it again up. We see that at Martinsville, we see that at Dover, we see that right here. However instantly once we return inexperienced, it lays again down and that’s simply not occurring.”
Goodyear introduced the identical left-side tire code that has run at Bristol for the reason that fall of 2022. The correct facet debuted at Bristol within the fall (after the take a look at Stucker talked about).
“It’s the identical [race] bundle. It’s the identical tire mixture,” Stucker stated. “Clearly, the distinction is resin was positioned on the decrease groove as a substitute of the PJ1. But I nonetheless suppose the racetrack ought to be taking rubber because it did final 12 months. It took rubber instantly throughout that race.
“It’s nonetheless a little bit of an unknown so far as why it’s not behaving the identical — that being the racetrack. However that’s sort of what we all know now. Clearly, all people is sort of in the identical boat however some guys are capable of handle via it a bit bit higher than others. It’s nonetheless a tricky state of affairs, and we’re going to must attempt to perceive precisely what’s occurring, what’s completely different, and modify from there.”
NASCAR had the resin sprayed via the decrease groove at Bristol for the reason that monitor had turn out to be top-lane-dominant in years previous. It was utilized to the monitor initially of the weekend and reapplied Sunday morning following the Saturday night time Craftsman Truck Sequence race.
“Everyone acquired collectively and expressed concern [about tires], however we determined to attend and see what occurred with the truck race,” Stucker stated. “The truck race went precisely like we anticipated it to – it put rubber down instantly, tire put on was in step with what now we have traditionally seen, so it’s a bit bit unclear as to why we’re not seeing that very same factor at this time.”
Greg Stucker acknowledged that tire put on is an effective factor in a NASCAR race, however the quantity seen Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway was surprising and an excessive amount of.
“I’d agree [that] tire put on is all the time the aim,” Stucker, Goodyear director of racing, stated throughout a go to to the media heart in the course of the remaining stage of the Meals Metropolis 500. “That’s what individuals needed to see. It creates comers and goers and who manages tires the most effective. However we thought we had been in a very great spot final 12 months with the tire as we raced it within the fall and one thing is completely different now. So that is too drastic.”
Cup Sequence groups skilled excessive tire put on and cording proper from the inexperienced flag Sunday. It left drivers slowing down the tempo of the race to preserve rubber, making an attempt to make it a complete run on gas with out concern. Nonetheless, a rash of incidents and cautions resulted in NASCAR permitting Goodyear to launch an additional set of tires to the groups early within the second stage.
There have been 10 units of tires out there to the groups coming into Sunday’s race. Along with having 9 units for the race, groups may carry over one set from qualifying.
“We examined right here final 12 months with the intent to provide you with a tire bundle that generated extra tire put on — that was the request from NASCAR and the groups,” Stucker stated. “We really feel like we had a really profitable take a look at. We really feel like we had a really profitable race within the fall of final 12 months as a result of we did precisely that. We ran a full gas cease [and] undoubtedly noticed put on, however we thought it was spot on. So now we’re making an attempt to grasp what’s completely different — why is the racetrack behaving in a different way this weekend than what it did a 12 months in the past?”
The acute cording was a results of the monitor not taking rubber.
“In case you lookup within the corners, the tire rubber is being worn off and it’s simply not adhering to the racetrack,” Stucker stated. “That’s why you see all of the marbles up within the corners. And once more, final August, it took rubber instantly. As is typical with concrete, you run round underneath warning it’ll choose it again up. We see that at Martinsville, we see that at Dover, we see that right here. However instantly once we return inexperienced, it lays again down and that’s simply not occurring.”
Goodyear introduced the identical left-side tire code that has run at Bristol for the reason that fall of 2022. The correct facet debuted at Bristol within the fall (after the take a look at Stucker talked about).
“It’s the identical [race] bundle. It’s the identical tire mixture,” Stucker stated. “Clearly, the distinction is resin was positioned on the decrease groove as a substitute of the PJ1. But I nonetheless suppose the racetrack ought to be taking rubber because it did final 12 months. It took rubber instantly throughout that race.
“It’s nonetheless a little bit of an unknown so far as why it’s not behaving the identical — that being the racetrack. However that’s sort of what we all know now. Clearly, all people is sort of in the identical boat however some guys are capable of handle via it a bit bit higher than others. It’s nonetheless a tricky state of affairs, and we’re going to must attempt to perceive precisely what’s occurring, what’s completely different, and modify from there.”
NASCAR had the resin sprayed via the decrease groove at Bristol for the reason that monitor had turn out to be top-lane-dominant in years previous. It was utilized to the monitor initially of the weekend and reapplied Sunday morning following the Saturday night time Craftsman Truck Sequence race.
“Everyone acquired collectively and expressed concern [about tires], however we determined to attend and see what occurred with the truck race,” Stucker stated. “The truck race went precisely like we anticipated it to – it put rubber down instantly, tire put on was in step with what now we have traditionally seen, so it’s a bit bit unclear as to why we’re not seeing that very same factor at this time.”
Greg Stucker acknowledged that tire put on is an effective factor in a NASCAR race, however the quantity seen Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway was surprising and an excessive amount of.
“I’d agree [that] tire put on is all the time the aim,” Stucker, Goodyear director of racing, stated throughout a go to to the media heart in the course of the remaining stage of the Meals Metropolis 500. “That’s what individuals needed to see. It creates comers and goers and who manages tires the most effective. However we thought we had been in a very great spot final 12 months with the tire as we raced it within the fall and one thing is completely different now. So that is too drastic.”
Cup Sequence groups skilled excessive tire put on and cording proper from the inexperienced flag Sunday. It left drivers slowing down the tempo of the race to preserve rubber, making an attempt to make it a complete run on gas with out concern. Nonetheless, a rash of incidents and cautions resulted in NASCAR permitting Goodyear to launch an additional set of tires to the groups early within the second stage.
There have been 10 units of tires out there to the groups coming into Sunday’s race. Along with having 9 units for the race, groups may carry over one set from qualifying.
“We examined right here final 12 months with the intent to provide you with a tire bundle that generated extra tire put on — that was the request from NASCAR and the groups,” Stucker stated. “We really feel like we had a really profitable take a look at. We really feel like we had a really profitable race within the fall of final 12 months as a result of we did precisely that. We ran a full gas cease [and] undoubtedly noticed put on, however we thought it was spot on. So now we’re making an attempt to grasp what’s completely different — why is the racetrack behaving in a different way this weekend than what it did a 12 months in the past?”
The acute cording was a results of the monitor not taking rubber.
“In case you lookup within the corners, the tire rubber is being worn off and it’s simply not adhering to the racetrack,” Stucker stated. “That’s why you see all of the marbles up within the corners. And once more, final August, it took rubber instantly. As is typical with concrete, you run round underneath warning it’ll choose it again up. We see that at Martinsville, we see that at Dover, we see that right here. However instantly once we return inexperienced, it lays again down and that’s simply not occurring.”
Goodyear introduced the identical left-side tire code that has run at Bristol for the reason that fall of 2022. The correct facet debuted at Bristol within the fall (after the take a look at Stucker talked about).
“It’s the identical [race] bundle. It’s the identical tire mixture,” Stucker stated. “Clearly, the distinction is resin was positioned on the decrease groove as a substitute of the PJ1. But I nonetheless suppose the racetrack ought to be taking rubber because it did final 12 months. It took rubber instantly throughout that race.
“It’s nonetheless a little bit of an unknown so far as why it’s not behaving the identical — that being the racetrack. However that’s sort of what we all know now. Clearly, all people is sort of in the identical boat however some guys are capable of handle via it a bit bit higher than others. It’s nonetheless a tricky state of affairs, and we’re going to must attempt to perceive precisely what’s occurring, what’s completely different, and modify from there.”
NASCAR had the resin sprayed via the decrease groove at Bristol for the reason that monitor had turn out to be top-lane-dominant in years previous. It was utilized to the monitor initially of the weekend and reapplied Sunday morning following the Saturday night time Craftsman Truck Sequence race.
“Everyone acquired collectively and expressed concern [about tires], however we determined to attend and see what occurred with the truck race,” Stucker stated. “The truck race went precisely like we anticipated it to – it put rubber down instantly, tire put on was in step with what now we have traditionally seen, so it’s a bit bit unclear as to why we’re not seeing that very same factor at this time.”