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Title: Nascar Atlanta 500
Post by: Dare on March 10, 2008, 03:13:32 PM

Cos,if you watched the Atlanta race yesterday
could you explain to me what Tony Stewart
was ranting about after the race.

Title: Re: Nascar Atlanta 500
Post by: Dare on March 10, 2008, 03:25:06 PM

found out what the gripe was.Goodyear tires

HAMPTON, Ga. - Kyle Busch may have been the man out front Sunday en-route to winning the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but it was the Goodyear tires which were the focal point in the NASCAR garage after the race — especially as second-place finisher Tony Stewart continued his tirade against the tire company.

"I'm really excited that I didn't crash — that was half the battle," said Stewart, who moved from 11th to eighth in the point standings Sunday afternoon. "I've been racing 28 years and been a part of a lot of different professional racing series and never seen the quality of racing tire like I've seen this weekend. There has to be something in between.
"If Goodyear thinks that was their best effort today, I'm really disappointed. These teams spend so much money to come here and the competition is so close that to tell us a week before we come to Atlanta that all of a sudden we're going to have a new tire and give us the data and expect everybody to figure it out in a week is pretty disappointing. I can't say it's surprising because they've been run out of Formula, CART, the IRL, World of Outlaws and USAC divisions because they couldn't keep up and make a quality enough product.

Title: Re: Nascar Atlanta 500
Post by: cosworth151 on March 10, 2008, 03:33:03 PM

Sorry, I missed it. It was on at the same time as Phineas and Ferb. :yahoo:

Since when does Tony need a reason to go on a rant, anyway? I don't think the anger management classes did him any good.

Seriously, the lap times on new tires would drop by a couple of seconds after a few laps. The tires weren't holding up at all.

Title: Re: Nascar Atlanta 500
Post by: Dare on March 10, 2008, 03:44:12 PM

I watched the whole race Cos,well actually
just the last 10 laps,the whole race as a
matter of fact.

Title: Re: Nascar Atlanta 500
Post by: cosworth151 on March 10, 2008, 03:50:00 PM

I switched over to it from time to time. Both my favorite team (The Wood Brothers) and favorite driver (Ken Schrader) failed to make the race. I missed the end due to Phineas and Ferb. After all, Perry the Platypus is my hero!

Actually, I just failed see the end. I didn't miss it a bit!