Are NASCAR tires date coded/stored for years until they become a safety issue?

Question

Recently came out that tires sold to the private sector are stored beyond safety limits and are dropping tread and blowing out on highways. Is NASCAR getting expired tires?

Answer 1

Well, considering that the Indy race got last year's tires, I'd say that Goodyear probably stores the compound, tread, and other information for each type of tire they run in NASCAR.  As far as the physical tires, I think most of them are cut up and sold in souvenirs.  I just hope they kept enough data from this year to say "NEVER AGAIN" for that compound at Indy.

Answer 2

tires do get old and dry rotted but im sure nascar and goodyear make sure they get fresh tires were i traced they did sell old goodyears and new goodyears and it does make a diffrence when you run with fresh tires there is a way to tell when you purchase them but you have to scratch them with your finger nails and look for the colors in the scratch and compair to other tires also all tires are diffrent sizes so when you pick tires out you want 2 bigger tires for the right side and two smaller for the left the biggest of the tires you would put on the right front it helps the cra to turn better on shorter tracks

Answer 3

Lol that would be a good excuse for what happened last weekend.

Answer 4

NASCAR gets fresher tires than anybody else. Buy your tires from a reputable tire dealer and you won't have to worry. Your information source is hanging out in the creep zone to even uncover that situation. The dealer may be illegal. (excuse my legal technical terminology)

Answer 5

Goodyear uses the FIFO system so I doubt it.  Plus they produce a certain number for each race.  They just don't store them.  Compounds change a lot.

FIFO= first in first out

Answer 6

NASCAR has fresh tires.. anytime they need em.. but last weeks Fiasco really put a stick in the mud for goodyear...too much $$$ on Made In the USA... just like TOYOTA... which is wonderful...