Is it time to allow a little tire competition?

May be...

No, there has to be an even playing field. BFG would dominate like they do in Offroad racing if they were to come in.

i totally agree with u! i am a big tony stewart fan and i hated seein him hot the wall last week cuz of a blown tire. i think that goodyear needs to take a look at these tires they are makin and change somethin quick. cuz right now they suck!

I thought the tire failures were caused by the way the cars were setup. Too much camber on the rt frt overloading the tire.

I agree If Hoosiers Or Firestone- BF Goodrich was in the running Maybe Goodyear would step up a Little Bit!!!!!!!

yep, goodyear needs another tire manufacturer to compete with. I think it would only make the tires better. However, come raceday, everyone should be on the same tire. I don't know exactly how they would do that but I think it would be good for the sport.

Everyone has the same tires. There is nothing wrong with the Goodyear tires. Part of racing is tire management. The drivers or the crew chief has to manage the tires. If drivers don't know how to manage their tires they blow. Kyle Busch was over driving his car. He doesn't have a clue as to how to win races, he just goes till something happens.

This will keep happening till he learns to race. Racing is different than driving as fast as you can. If you blister your tires 20 laps before everyone else you are a lousy racer.

I think Goodyear is doing the best they can. I don't think anyone thought about snow for this weekend. The radials were a little hard, and the track was cold.

Go Jr.>>>>

Come on, these goodyears are blowing all over the place the last 2 seasons. Should Nascar allow other manufacturers. That way if they put out a bad tire teams can try another manufacturer?

Perhaps I am a little bitter with Rowdy's luck lately but, it is getting old.

First of all, NASCAR gets big bucks from Goodyear and they're not going to allow any other tire company in. Hoosier tried once, and it didn't work out.
Secondly, all of you Kyle Busch fans need to accept the fact that your boy overdrives his car. Today, the tires paid the price.

i think it is the tires

simple answer no. But if we put our money where our mouth is and stop going to the races and tell them why.we can change things.What is far worse is the chase in the cup series.If you are mediocre in the first part of the season you could be good in the last ten and still get a championship.Lots of lousy changes have taken place, but I have been watching since petty drove a ford for part of a season in protest that chrysler wouldn't give plymouth a wing like dodge.

I don't know if you can blame all of the tire problems solely on Goodyear. The tracks are older, the surfaces are more abrasive and the teams are being aggressive with car setups. However, we almost NEVER hear about Bridgestone/Firestone having problems in formerly Champ Car/IRL/Formula 1 where they are the exclusive tire supplier. P.S. Goodyear was in F1 but left thanks to the success of Bridgestone.

P.S. The technical term is "delamination."

Maybe if Goodyear had to compete with another tire manufacturer they would make better tires. Or maybe if the teams could run different tires they could beat Hendrick Motorsports. So my answer to your question is, "yes".

I agree. Something needs to be done about the tires.

That's the second week in a row I've watched my favorite driver dominate a race and then blow a tire near the end, losing his lead.

These tires suck and NASCAR isn't doing anything about it. They should let the teams decide what tires they want to spend money on. I mean, it's stupid to mandate teams to use the same tires when the manufacturer can't seem to get it together to make good quality racing tires.

These things just keep blowing left and right and nobody cares enough to say, "hey, maybe, just maybe, we should try something different."

I may also be a little bitter towards KB's luck these past two weeks. I know the kid has talent, there's no denying that, so then the problem with him leading and not having a decent finish, has to lie elsewhere. And it does: the tires are the problem.

Will someone from NASCAR please figure that out already?

I think something needs to be done. A part of the problem that you may not be thinking about is that they don't use the same tire or compound during the test sessions.

Why test a car without the tire they will be racing on, it makes NO sense.

And the problem with a few select Nascar fans is that they will say they don't care (because of which drivers have a tire go down), but as soon as it is their driver, they will be swarming these forums demanding justice.

Goodyear has proven it cannot handle any competition in auto racing. Hoosier kicked their butt pretty good back when Nascar allowed more than one tire manufacturer. Goodyear has been pushed out of F1 and Indycar racing because it can't compete. I don't have all the answers, but the tire situation in Nascar is ridiculous and something needs to change. If safety really is Nascar's big thing, they need to have a long talk with Goodyear.

I guess no one remembers the tire wars. It was a very dangerous time in the sport, with a VERY high rate of tire failures.

And, NASCAR asks Goodyear to make the tires harder to help eliminate tire blow outs. The tire they had this weekend is a very hard tire (Tony Stewart went on a nice long rant about it during practice today). Tire failures today were do to camber or low air pressures.

Competition ? Yes !!!....
A race here in Atlanta,between all the Big-Wigs at
GoodYear.... WITH !!!! The tire they brought here.

Yes, I would like to see Bridgestone or Hoosier able to compete with Goodyear for tire rights in NASCAR. I do agree that Goodyear misses the mark quite often with its tire formulas. However, I just have to throw this out here - Kyle Busch's problems weren't solely the tire. Between aggressive front-end setups and his aggressive driving style there is a problem. Look at how many other teams DID make the entire race on their tires. Once the kid learns to manage the RAW talent he clearly possesses and stop pushing his car, and tires for that matter, to the very edge of the envelope every race, I think you'll see him blow far fewer right front tires.