How could a sanctioning body like NASCAR and its many multimillion-dollar racing teams, loaded with genius eng

Question

engineers and incredible technology, not have foreseen the the tire issue at the BRICKYARD

Answer 1

after listening to the goodyear reps and seeing the powdered rubber left by the tires i can say with near certainty that the problem was in one of these three areas,racing tires are a mix of several raw materials if any of these is changed or modified the stew (compound)will not be the same as the chemist originally mixed and the teams originally tested,goodyear must have a quality control in place that tests these incoming raw materials for chemical consistancy,by the answer the goodyear rep gave (we called our raw material suppliers and they all said that they were the same as we used before)they do not test their incoming raw materials,  second is on the factory floor where they mix their stew,the stewmeister must have complete concentration with no distractions,he should have an anal assistant who's only job is too make sure the chef doesn't overdue,underdue or forget any ingredients  this is cheap insurance on a $500,000 run of tires,third and probabally the hardest to understand is the shelf life of racing tires,different compounds have different characteristics as related to shelf life,generally speaking soft compounds need a short cure time after production then should be used as soon as possible as lap times drop off the older and longer they sit on the shelf,hard compound tires are generally their best right out of the mold and lose speed as related to shelf life much more slowly..  as an analyst with only partial data and evidence my guess is the stewmeister is probabally the most likely source of the error,the rubber dust we saw indicates  that there was not enough adhesive added to the compound,normal racing tires peel their rubber off in balls the size of peas,commonly known as marbles,if you pick up a handful of these marbles and squeze them they will stick together,even when cold,at racing temperatures they will stick to anything,glass,paint,skin etc, this sticky rubber is what coats the track, after a coating of rubber is laid down the tires last longer because they are riding on sticky rubber not abrasive asphalt                                                          

Answer 2

Hey...nobody is perfect...Sh** happens, even in NASCAR.  It is over with, can we move on now?????????

Go Jr.>>>>

Answer 3

those teams don't belong to NASCAR you wannabe president. Like you just stated but don't even realize the definition. NASCAR is just a sanctioning body. Will the real Osama BinBama please stand up!

Answer 4

Goodyear figured that the tire compound used in previous Indianapolis races would work the same, but it didn't. It's really actually NASCAR's fault. They are the ones overseeing everything. It's the COT to blame as well. It puts a bigger load on the right side tires.  

Answer 5

I said that yesterday and its scary think that a good year blimp that flies is made out of the same rubber. A major sport like NASCAR should have a tire distributor that is competent we are in year 2008 now lots of technology.  NASCAR can build a safe car of tom but they cant get a supplier to make safe tires the hold up. Someone should loose a corner office at good year for that and their contract……..

Answer 6

Not enough testing was done with the COT at the Brickyard.  The few teams that did test, had tire problems, but nothing was done to correct the situation.  It's time for NASCAR and Goodyear to put some money into testing...not leaving the cost to the teams.  Hopefully this opened their eyes...and their wallets.

Answer 7

i.m sure they did but they didn't want to come down on someone that is filling their pockets. if you watched the interviews after the race they all seemed scritpted. all they talked about was safety.

Answer 8

They knew that there was a problem...Thats why they flew out 800 tires before the race...I blame Nascar!!!!