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NASCAR and Firestone Tires–Is Goodyear’s Reign Slipping Away

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by Steve Wronkowicz

I am co-host of the syndicated radio show: ON PIT ROW. Over ten years on the air and three on the net; see what can happen when I don't let the facts get in the way of my opinions.

December 22, 2008 1:18 pm UTC 2 Comments

“It was not a Firestone test and it was not a NASCAR test.”  Okay so what was it?

According to a report for SPEED; ON PIT ROW contributor Robin Miller; quoted Firestone-Bridgestone motorsports executive director Al Spreyer as saying, “It was a technical exercise to try and develop current stock car technology.”

This side step-shuffling attempt was after Scott Pruett was seen driving a Chip Ganassi owned ARCA car, this past weekend, at Miami-Homstead’s road course.  This is interesting on several levels.

First the rest of the ARCA bunch was busy testing at Daytona last weekend for their undercard race during Speed Weeks.  That three day test saw Will Kimmel, nephew to nine time series champ Frank Kimmel lead all of the sixty-one testers with a speed of 180.977mph.

Second item of interest shows the test being performed at Miami-Homestead Speedway which will be on the banned track list come 2009.  But because the driver and the road course are not part of the NASCAR world, the test went on without much fanfare.

And lastly, NASCAR has vehemently denied that they are looking for a new tire supplier.  The contract with Goodyear will be up for renewal before the 2011 season.  Could Firestone be looking to that time frame to make a comeback in the NASCAR ranks?  Or are they looking to unseat a supplier in another series?  Hoosier and ARCA are signed through 2011.

So this week our BUZZ ON PIT ROW is:

Would you like to see multiple tire manufacturers in NASCAR?

Let us know what you think and as always we may use your answers ON PIT ROW.  Listen live from 5-7pm ET every week except for our 2 week Holiday break.

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2 Responses to “NASCAR and Firestone Tires–Is Goodyear’s Reign Slipping Away”

  1. User Avatar Marc on December 22nd, 2008 1:38 pm

    Would you like to see multiple tire manufacturers in NASCAR?

    Simply – No!

    Competition between multiple tire makers would ultimately result in corners being cut in the quest to gain speed over safety.

  2. robert on July 11th, 2009 7:12 pm

    there are chevy ford toyota and goodyear why not firestone at least they race in the rain, and still race hard at higher speed then nascar and they are also safer then nascar is so why not. atleast thay dont stop ever 10 laps and came go further then 40 laps. so if firesrone want to try let them will see who has the best tire what goodyear got to lose.

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