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Author Topic: Firestone to NASCAR?  (Read 1539 times)

Offline cosworth151

Firestone to NASCAR?
« on: December 22, 2008, 04:18:26 PM »
There are rumors that Bridgestone/Firestone might attempt to break into NASCAR. Goodyear is currently the sole tire supplier to the series.

There has been a growing dissatisfaction with Goodyear around the NASCAR paddock in the past year. This came to a head at Indy when the cars had to stop every 10 to 12 laps fo new tires. Tony Stewart  said, “Goodyear should be embarrassed and that Firestone and Hoosier could do a better job.”

Now, Scott Pruett has tested one of Chip Ganassi’s ARCA cars at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a tire supplied with Firestone rubber.

"It was not a Firestone test and it was not a NASCAR test, it was a technical exercise to try and develop current stock car technology," said Al Speyer, the motor-sports executive director for Firestone. "We're currently talking to a lot of sanctioning bodies, ARCA, USAR and NASCAR and, yes, we're interested in developing a stock car tire. But we don't have a specific timetable or contract with anybody.”


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