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Stewart Crashes In Tire Test
By: Dustin Long - @dustinlong on June 17, 2014 | 8:43 P.M. EST

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Tony Stewart's car after it hit the wall during a tire test Tuesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo: Chris Chidgey)

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Tony Stewart crashed during a tire test Tuesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, according to a report by Indianapolis TV station WISH-TV. A team spokeperson said Stewart was "fine."

The TV reported on its website that Stewart was not transported by paramedics but was in contact with NASCAR medical personnel.

Stewart hit the Turn 1 wall, according to the report. Stewart crashed after a tire went down. He was testing tires for Goodyear on Monday and Tuesday with Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch.

A three-time series champion, Stewart has won the Brickyard 400 twice.

Stewart is 16th in the points this season heading into Sunday’s race Sonoma. He missed the final 15 races last season after breaking his leg in a sprint car crash last August.

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These tire testing crashes seem to happen way too often, these drivers earn those big pay checks IMO
 
I think it is about time to do away with the Goodyear exclusive. There are simply way too many companies out there that make racing tires. Goodyear, Hoosier, Pirelli, BF Goodrich, Continental, Bridgestone, Dunlop, etc. The excuse that "smaller organizations cant afford it because they would have to bring tires to every track for every team and might not get used" is utter bull****.

Before the season, let every team test every kind of tire. Let them test at road courses, short tracks, speedways, and superspeedways and evaluate all of them. After testing, they sign a contract with a single manufacturer that is their sole supplier for the entire year.
 
Spike said:
I think it is about time to do away with the Goodyear exclusive. There are simply way too many companies out there that make racing tires. Goodyear, Hoosier, Pirelli, BF Goodrich, Continental, Bridgestone, Dunlop, etc. The excuse that "smaller organizations cant afford it because they would have to bring tires to every track for every team and might not get used" is utter bull****.

Before the season, let every team test every kind of tire. Let them test at road courses, short tracks, speedways, and superspeedways and evaluate all of them. After testing, they sign a contract with a single manufacturer that is their sole supplier for the entire year.
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Abso-effing-lutely... Not to mention it may create bidding wars and all kinds of awesome ****. If nothing else it'll give people like us a lot more material to bs about.
 
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DUN24 said:
Abso-effing-lutely... Not to mention it may create bidding wars and all kinds of awesome ****. If nothing else it'll give people like us a lot more material to bs about.
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I was going to throw in Sunoco and race fuel and going through the same process but damn it...it seems like they are legitimately one of the few companies that makes race fuel nowadays.
 
when was it mid 90's teams had the choice to run either Goodyear or Hoosiers during races. Hoosiers couldn't handle long runs at high speeds. just a few teams used them. they said they were good tires to qualify on.
 
Spike said:
I was going to throw in Sunoco and race fuel and going through the same process but damn it...it seems like they are legitimately one of the few companies that makes race fuel nowadays.
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They make great fuels for any high performance application from what I can tell. The only other brand I can honestly think of is VP.... Torco too?
 
Spike said:
I think it is about time to do away with the Goodyear exclusive. There are simply way too many companies out there that make racing tires. Goodyear, Hoosier, Pirelli, BF Goodrich, Continental, Bridgestone, Dunlop, etc. The excuse that "smaller organizations cant afford it because they would have to bring tires to every track for every team and might not get used" is utter bull****.

Before the season, let every team test every kind of tire. Let them test at road courses, short tracks, speedways, and superspeedways and evaluate all of them. After testing, they sign a contract with a single manufacturer that is their sole supplier for the entire year.
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spike ....nascar's been there...done that. .....w/ goodyear / hoosier tire war.

edit.....as pudge said above . ha!
 
pudge said:
when was it mid 90's teams had the choice to run either Goodyear or Hoosiers during races. Hoosiers couldn't handle long runs at high speeds. just a few teams used them. they said they were good tires to qualify on.
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I think that ended in the early 90s if memory serves. But, they are used pretty extensively in series like ARCA and the ASA, so chances are they have those issues worked out.
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They make great fuels for any high performance application from what I can tell. The only other brand I can honestly think of is VP.... Torco too?
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Yea, its hard to find any. I am old school though, I think exclusivity breeds non-competitiveness. Its why I welcomed the Gen 6 car so much. The cars are now more different than just in superficial ways.
 
Spike said:
I think that ended in the early 90s if memory serves. But, they are used pretty extensively in series like ARCA and the ASA, so chances are they have those issues worked out.
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other divisions ran them then also. not saying they can't make a capable tire, but if they wanted to try to supply tires in top 3 series why wouldn't they be making noise about it themself. with all the media out there, enough screaming mouths, surely Nascar would look into it. i think Goodyear makes the best tires for these cars right now. camber, low tire pressures, just changing left sides or just rights, the tires do pretty good. but when they do have tire problems, it does seem to be major.
 
Its hard to make noise when a giant corporation like Goodyear has an exclusive contract. Hoosier didnt exit NASCAR due to quality or competitiveness, they were strongarmed out by Goodyear's finances.
 
till Kyle Busch complains about the tires, i'm good with them
 
The fact that they are out there testing tires with Tony and five other drivers , should be all the proof you need that Goodyear makes every possible effort to make a safe race tire . We don't need any tire wars , been there done that.
 
I think having one tire manufacturer is a good thing. Keeps everyone on the same playing field. As much as people like to bash Goodyear, I think they make a good racing tire. There will always be problems no matter who the tire manufacturer is when you have 43 teams and some of them are running extreme set-ups.
 
Marcingak said:
I think having one tire manufacturer is a good thing. Keeps everyone on the same playing field. As much as people like to bash Goodyear, I think they make a good racing tire. There will always be problems no matter who the tire manufacturer is when you have 43 teams and some of them are running extreme set-ups.
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Exactly.

It reads like there are a lot of fans on here that weren't around for the tire war days of NASCAR. It wasn't a good thing. It didn't make the racing any better and most of all it produced a dangerous product. The competition for a faster tire produced unreliability which wasn't a good thing.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Exactly.

It reads like there are a lot of fans on here that weren't around for the tire war days of NASCAR. It wasn't a good thing. It didn't make the racing any better and most of all it produced a dangerous product. The competition for a faster tire produced unreliability which wasn't a good thing.
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It needed to change and anyone with a brain cell left knew it.
 
Competition breeds a better product. Hoosier was muscled out by Nascar's mandate they had to have enough tires available for every team at every track for practice and on race day. A impossible task for a company breaking into Cup racing.
But I wonder if we would have had the fiasco at the brickyard if Goodyear had competition breathing down it's neck. Or beads melting and now tires 'unwinding'.
Other series have more than one tire brand that they're allowed to use.
 
Bobw said:
Competition breeds a better product. Hoosier was muscled out by Nascar's mandate they had to have enough tires available for every team at every track for practice and on race day. A impossible task for a company breaking into Cup racing.
But I wonder if we would have had the fiasco at the brickyard if Goodyear had competition breathing down it's neck. Or beads melting and now tires 'unwinding'.
Other series have more than one tire brand that they're allowed to use.
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Yes .. we would have more fiascos , more often , at different tracks , with different tire manufacturers . Competition to 'one up ' your competitor with the 'latest and greatest' tire compound each week would be a disaster.
 
Actually , safety wasn't the worst issue during "tire wars" IMO . The worst issue was that teams signed contracts with the different manufacturers like they do with the auto manufacturers . When they got to the race track each week ,they were already committed , the ones not signed to the best performing tire brand had no chance for a top ten finish.
 
Suppose France would allow Michelin to at least sponsor a race team? Surely safety wouldn't be a factor.
 
There are a number of articles published contemporaneously with Hoosier’s involvement in NASCAR available on the internet.

Anyone unfamiliar with of the facts and circumstances surrounding “Tires Wars” may want to read a few. Some of the information posted here, to be kind, is slightly inaccurate.
 
Good year is going to improve their product....they have to...they cant have another tire company have the chance for this:

"There goes the leader for 4 fresh firestones"
 
DanicaFreak said:
Good year is going to improve their product....they have to...they cant have another tire company have the chance for this:

"There goes the leader for 4 fresh firestones"
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They just extended the deal with NASCAR through 2017 a couple of weeks ago.

I'm sure NASCAR also has a say in how the tires are constructed.
 
FLRacingFan said:
They just extended the deal with NASCAR through 2017 a couple of weeks ago.

I'm sure NASCAR also has a say in how the tires are constructed.
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ah. As well, every contractor is looking at the next contract. Enough angry people....
 
If I was Tony's boss, team owner or sponsor, I would write a clause into his contract to stop this testing baloney from happening.

There is way too much money on the line for something like this to drag the entire team down if he should get hurt.

:sarcasm:
 
SONOMA, Calif. -- Tony Stewart was running lap times about a second faster than expected at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when a blown tire caused him to wreck during this week's Goodyear test.

Goodyear officials said Stewart's accident on Tuesday 17 laps into a 20-lap run was the only incident of the two-day test. The three-time NASCAR champion was not injured.

Goodyear's Director of Racing Greg Stucker said in a statement Friday that Stewart's increased, sustained speed generated a significant amount of heat and caused his right front tire to blow.

Joey Logano said Friday changes were made after Stewart's accident to "cut some speed out of the cars." Logano said Stewart had the fastest car of the six drivers at the test.
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http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...says-speed-was-reason-tony-stewart-blown-tire
 
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