Well, there was the end of the worst race since charlotte a few years ago during the chase after they levigated the track. Goodyear needs to work on their tires and NASCAR needs to give the teams more range to work within.
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Well, there was the end of the worst race since charlotte a few years ago during the chase after they levigated the track. Goodyear needs to work on their tires and NASCAR needs to give the teams more range to work within.
congrats Nascar. this was the most BS race you've ever managed. to have Comp. Cautions for the entire race is a complete joke, the world just saw how amature Nascar is to any other racing series out there.
Johnson has to thank Nascar for this win as to have a competition caution with 10 to go is insane, for the final 20 laps, Nascar should've told all teams, its all up to you now when you want to pit, that would've made things very interesting.
Goodyear needs to test, test, test, test, then test some more, if not, get the **** out of nascar and have Bridgestone, Dunlop, BF Goodrich, or any other tire manufactor.
the fans should've stormed out of INDY like they did in 05, this was not a race, this was a disgrace to autoracing
Is Charter Comm your cable provider? I just want to make sure I'm crucifying the correct culprit! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jonesi
The drivers should have parked the cars and walked away. This event was a travesty. A total embarrassment for both NASCAR and Goodyear. Especially at a major event such as Indy ! Competition cautions were necessary, however. They were absolutely necessary. The tires were shot after just a few laps. The cautions at least kept the drivers safe. Somebody would have been seriously injured if there were no cautions to change tires.
if the drivers had walked away the race wouldve been worse than it had been. Blame wouldve been placed on the drivers, not on goodyear and NASCAR like it should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Racebob
well I lost the reception myself. The point was made that indycar is the only ones who don't seem to have problems which was true until 06 when f1 went to firestone's also. Could this probably be a testing problem more then anything. Afterall Indycar has a whole month of practice before their race and firestone had the indy data to help out with f1. Some have said that one month is too much to devote to the 500. I think today confirms that testing for a major race is required. Nascar certainly doesn't have the time to devote to that lengthy a testing schedule but it would seem that more testing should be done in the future unless nascar has any plans of changing tire suppliers.
david
That was an ugly race. It wouldn't hurt my feelings if NASCAR never went back to IMS again.
That's a good question regarding Bridgestone/Firestone. I wouldn't think the tire for an F1 car would have much in common with the tire for the lower powered and heavier IRL car (plus all oval vs. left/right road course), but maybe they did learn something about compounds, construction and wear. I dunno.Quote:
Originally Posted by DavePI2
I always try to make sure I catch the Brickyard 400. But this was one of the saddest racing displays I've ever seen. You had to also feel bad for the drivers. You know they felt as bad as most of the fans. Was Earnhardt, Jr. getting choked up or did his voice just sound odd during the interview at the end, where he said they did the best they could with what they had? Bad deal all the way around.
wow what a disgrace for a race i mean goodyear and nascar i blame goodyear more but between the both of them they manage to butcher a race how come firestone didnt have that many tire issues with the irl cars i mean i know there different cars and weight different but i think something has got to change in nascar :mad:
This was a very boring event....... almost as bad as the Indycar's running in Edmonton.......... :p