"We have considered and discussed wider tires, taller tires and different configurations," said Greg Stucker, Goodyear's director of racing. "We're always looking at different ways to address this. It's something we'll continue to look at. But it's something that has to go hand in hand with the teams and NASCAR."
(ESPN site comment) If they (NASCAR, Goodyear, teams, etc.) really think the COT is the culprit, why don't they take a Nationwide car or an old Nextel car to Indy and run a few laps on this batch of tires? Seems like an easy first step to see if it really is an issue with the COT, or if the issue is with this batch of Goodyear tires.
I agree with the commentor- lets put an old/n'wide/arca car out there and see if it's really the COT.
I would say treat it like a road course car and dirt car at the same time- Run medium compounds on the front tires, slightly harder compounds in the back, make the left front 28" tall and current width, right front 28.5" tall and current width, left rear 28.5" tall and 1" wider, and right rear 29" tall (for a 1" stagger) and 1" wider.
That will fix the "tight in the middle" issue by making the car inherantly loose. Then use the sway and track bars to tighen it up. Give the teams a 5 degree window from 30 to 35 degrees on the wing.
Taking rear wing out (30 degrees) will make the car faster and loosen it up. However, too loose will slide the rear tires and wear them out. But there will be less downforce on the tire.
Putting rear wing in (35 degrees) will make the car slower and tighten it up. But now the tire will be very weighted, but it won't be sliding around.
