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It has long been said that NASCAR’s new Car of Tomorrow is a tire shredding machine and that the current tires manufactured by Goodyear can’t handle the increased weight and down force of the new machine.
The debacle at Indianapolis last year, where NASCAR had to throw a caution flag every ten laps because the tires were exploding, brought the tire issue to the forefront. This coming after most drivers were highly critical of the tires Goodyear brought to the Atlanta race last year.
There were still complaints about the tires after the Atlanta race last week, but it was obvious that …Â Details
Thanks in part to A.J. Allmendinger’s spot-on performances in qualifying this season, Richard Petty Motorsports is all but certain to get a breather when the Cup Series travels to Martinsville next week.
Barring a disaster of epic proportions Sunday at Bristol, all of RPM’s cars will be locked into a Cup event for the first time in 73 races — meaning that vice president of competition Mark McArdle won’t have to agonize during qualifying for the March 29 Goody’s Fast Relief 500.
All four Petty cars are comfortably in the top 35 in 2009 owner points, and all four are…Â Details
Bobby Rahal is still searching for sponsorship for an IndyCar effort in 2009, but his team will keep busy, regardless, running all-new BMW M3 sports cars in the American Le Mans Series.
Rahal Letterman Racing, co-owned by late-night TV host David Letterman, has partnered with BMW of North America to race two of the redesigned M3s in the GT2 class for the full 10-race ALMS schedule, beginning with Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
“Most people associate me with IndyCars, but my background…Â Details
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