Goodyear says all Cup teams can test tires at Daytona next month
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Saturday, October 10, 2009
FONTANA, Calif. – Goodyear and potentially as many as 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup teams will head to Daytona International Speedway on Nov. 2-3, the Monday and Tuesday after Talladega, to try to figure out a tire for the 2010 Daytona 500.
The test is open to all teams, and about 25-30 are expected, Stu Grant, Goodyear’s manager of worldwide racing, said Friday at Auto Club Speedway in California. Goodyear expects that some multicar organizations will only send some of their drivers and teams. Typical Goodyear tests have only four teams, but it’s hard to simulate conditions and tire wear in the draft with so few cars.
“What happens [when] we go there, we have a test and everything goes great and then we go to the event and we tear up tires – it happens every race,” Grant said. “A lot of that is the race track because it’s really rough and so on.”
The test is being done after Talladega so teams don’t risk ruining a restrictor-plate car in it.
“We’re going to run two different combinations – half the guys on one tire and half the guys on another tire,” Grant said.
It will be the only chance Sprint Cup teams will have to run at Daytona prior to February as NASCAR has extended its moratorium on testing at tracks in its three national series through 2010.
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nascarjinxy said:
Oct 10, 2009 at 11:08 AMWould this be because Biffle complained so much about the 48 team . I say YES!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportTheAntiBowtie said:
Oct 10, 2009 at 1:22 PMIts because Daytona is their biggest "show" of the year and must entertain the flash in the pan fans.!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Oct 10, 2009 at 4:23 PMfinally some logical thinking on tire testing. way to go goodyear
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Oct 10, 2009 at 6:23 PMI think that once Goodyear gets the tire picked out they should test it again in January for a day or two just to double-check and be sure.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAndi said:
Oct 10, 2009 at 7:09 PMI think its because of what #2 said, then Biffle complaining and his compliant really didn't have much wait to it since the 48 won at Indy and there were teams that went back there for the mulitple tire tests. Yes it helps, but when Goodyear doesn't even bring the same tire back that was tested, its not that big of advantage. The 18 was there, and was very stellar during the Dover tire test and look how badly they did. So again, Greg complained but it really didn't have much to stand on.
Report as AbuseThis is all good and all, but really won't help much if Goodyear doesn't bring the same tire back in February. Just sayin', since they did that with the Dover and The Atlanta tests. Brought back a different tire to the track.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Oct 11, 2009 at 10:19 AMtrack time to find grip(regardless of tire)is a big deal. track surface changes all the time because of wear and weather, that's why you hear the drivers talking about different setups for the next race at the same track! so what biff said holds water.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Oct 11, 2009 at 3:11 PMso GOODYEAR makes the decisions as to who goes to test?...
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAndi said:
Oct 11, 2009 at 4:36 PMYes I believe so #7.
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