Bigger Goodyears to get a look in Richmond test
Saturday, Oct. 03, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Kansas – Goodyear will head to Richmond International Raceway next week to work on its 2010 short-track tires, but the NASCAR supplier will also use the two-day test session to put a larger model on the track for the first time.
Matt Kenseth and Travis Kvapil will test Tuesday and Wednesday for Goodyear, which is in the very early stages of testing a tire that is 1½ inches taller and wider than the current model. Roush Fenway Racing will have to bring different cars with 17-inch wheels — compared to the cars with 15-inch wheels currently used — to accommodate the larger tire.
"The Richmond test is very preliminary and is our first opportunity to get the larger size tire on the track," said Greg Stucker, Goodyear's director of race tire sales. "We've been very happy with the lab work on the larger tire and the modeling results that we've seen, so the next logical step is to get this tire on the ground."
NASCAR has no timetable for potentially using the larger tire.
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