Nascar is a competition sport, right? Why not let multiple tire manufacturers compete for the most competitive tire? Would race results determine who makes the best tire?
Ya know, I read somewhere that the idea of competing tire manufacturers DID lead to unsafe tires in the 60s or early 70s, so they put the ky-bosh on it and went to one manufacturer. Goodyear won out.
A few years ago nascar let the teams run other tires if the driver and crews wanted to but i they had more tire problems with them and a few drivers were injured in crashes with the other tires so i belive that good year makes a better tire becouse since they have went to only good year tires they have had less tire problems and less driver injury due to tire related crashs
Goodyear paid to be the official tire of NASCAR. Back in the day you would of seen Goodyear, Hoosier, BF Goodrich on the cars, maybe others as well. But the bottom line is they paid for exclusivity. I wonder what would happen if Michelin wanted to be the Primary sponsor of a car. Would they be denied based on last years ATT vs NEXTEL (I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about) and Sunoco vs Shell (on Harvicks helmet the Shell symbol was too big and Sunoco had a problem with that)
Richard Petty once said nascar was built on competition in everything.He also said at the same time competition in tires and gas is a bad thing for the sport.Different tire manufacturers is horrible it is unsafe,blown tires etc. it also gives a very decisive advantage to teams with the correct tire for the given weekend.I have been a race fan for a long time and different tire manufactures have always been bad to some degree or other. Im not as sure on the gas issue but i imagine that it would open the door to all kinds of race gas shenanigans ie 2007 daytona and mikey waltrips team. one tire one gas is the way to go it keeps everyone on the same playing field.
