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NASCAR Apologizes For Tire Problems; Plans Probe For Mass Tire Failure
Topic Started: Tuesday Jul 29 2008, 03:56 PM (136 Views)
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The Yanks are coming!

From ESPN:
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NASCAR and Goodyear officials haven't found a definitive reason for why the right-side tires were wearing out so fast in Sunday's Sprint Cup debacle at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but they are vowing to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Goodyear plans to return to Indianapolis later this year to conduct a tire test. NASCAR is in the final stages of completing a new test schedule that will allow Sprint Cup teams to more readily test on tracks where they race and hopefully prevent a repeat of Sunday.

Both sides agreed it is up to them to find a solution and not for the speedway to fix the track that was resurfaced in 2005.

They also were apologetic to the fans and everyone involved.

"There's nothing wrong with the surface," NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said on Tuesday's weekly conference call. "It's obvious we didn't go there with the right car-tire combination. We've raced on that surface the last four years. I wouldn't ask them to change that surface.

"We've got to do a better job."


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