Goodyear's Greg Stucker and NASCAR officials are puzzled by excessive tire wear at Bristol due to the use of resin instead of PJ1 on the track. Stucker acknowledges the wear is too drastic, prompting further investigation into the track behavior. Despite concerns, NASCAR praises the race's competitiveness with a record-breaking 54 lead changes.
#NASCAR and @GoodyearRacing were left baffled by the tire wear issues during the Cup race at Bristol. Check out the thoughts from both the sanctioning body and Goodyear's racing director. ⬇️ https://t.co/KmKaBz60Sl
NASCAR's John Probst on the record-breaking racing we saw Sunday at @ItsBristolBaby. https://t.co/ZZHEuWgTPk
Both @goodyear and @NASCAR were left baffled by the tyre wear issues seen in Sunday's Cup Series race at Bristol. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/Gz2A97ak5p
#NASCAR News: Goodyear was searching for answers to what they described as "too drastic" of tire wear in Sunday's #FoodCity500. However, at the end of the race, NASCAR seemed pleased by the race, which featured a Bristol-record 54 lead changes: https://t.co/VvfHC2UE6l
Goodyear's Greg Stucker likes tire wear races but felt Sunday was "too drastic." The company will dig into trying to figure out why the track behaved as it did and what was different: https://t.co/q5keZ69zus
NASCAR liked what they saw Sunday in Bristol as John Probst called it 'one of the best short track races' he's ever seen. Probst praised everyone involved while also explaining using resin versus PJ1, and initial thoughts on any changes for the fall: https://t.co/bEWJYulOR7
#NASCAR’s John Probst on why resin was used this year for the first time at Bristol instead of PJ1 https://t.co/whp1ZSOppv
#NASCAR ... Resin was used on the track at Bristol instead of PJ1 this year. Goodyear's Greg Stucker: "I still think the racetrack should be taking rubber as it did last fall. ... Still a bit of an unknown as far as why it's not behaving the same way, that being the racetrack."
Goodyear's Greg Stucker says tire wear is 'too drastic.' Says it's because rubber is not laying down and they need to understand why. The only variable is resin instead of PJ1. Tire wear is good but this is too much Greg concedes. https://t.co/CCHtgxVoFx
Greg Stucker of Goodyear just visited the media center and said NASCAR and drivers asked for more tire wear. They did a test here for that. However, Stucker described today as a 'tough situation' and said the wear is too drastic.