Brickyard

[Mike.357]

I got my dough on Smoke, Shrub and Gordon.

Go Tony Go

[Mike.357]

what a freaking joke. They cannot even run 12 laps before the tires fall apart.

One of the premier races NASCAR runs and Good Year shows up with this piece of crap tire. Unbelievable

This race is a joke

[saintsfanbrian]

Well, due to my fantasy racing team I was happy since Johnson won, but when Kenseth's tire blew I was pissed.

I too cannot believe that goodyear brought that crappy tire.

[Guest jwp]

Goodyear always brings crappy tires to Indy. That's why the IRL and F1 doesn't run them there anymore.

[Luckyforward]

Worst race I non-watched in a long time . . .

[saintsfanbrian]

Between that and the Kyle Busch race on Saturday I am really getting tired of NASCAR.

[Volzfan]

NASCAR is all about selling products whether it is Sprint with the series sponsorship or race sponsorships or team sponsorships.

How many tires do you think Goodyear is selling this morning and will sell this week?

I am glad I was not there for that mess!!!

[Mike.357]

I am glad I was not there for that mess!!!

by crossed flags the place looked half empty. I have no doubt the speedway took a bath in their concession income. NASCAR or Good Year ought to do the right thing and figure a way to make it up to ticket holders at Indy.

Worst race I think I have ever seen anywhere at any level.

[saintsfanbrian]

I don't like all the "Fill er up with Sunoco Fuel" and "Put 4 fresh Goodyears on her" and all of that crap. I think they get just as good sponsorship with product placement. How many times did they pit? How many Sunoco fuel cans did you see? How many times did you see the Goodyear logo?

Sprint - you want more air time? Sponsor Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhart Jr. or Kyle Busch. Same goes for the rest of the shameless plugs.

P.S. You are Claritin Clear to drive.

[Guest jwp]

What about when they state past Champions as being "Sprint Cup" or "Nationwide" Series Champions. That really cracks me up. I'm sure they didn't reissue the trophies.

[Mike.357]

Sprint Cup" or "Nationwide" Series Champions. That really cracks me up. I'm sure they didn't reissue the trophies.

Jeff Gordons firesuit says 4 Time Sprint Cup Champ on it i believe.

Would be funny if he insisted on it saying Winston Cup, LOL

[Volzfan]

Jeff Gordons firesuit says 4 Time Sprint Cup Champ on it i believe.

Would be funny if he insisted on it saying Winston Cup, LOL

NASCAR probably has some dumbass rule that if they don't cal past champions Sprint Cup Champs that they get fined.

Remember this is another one of those "Their game, their ball and their rules"

I would not be suprised to see Bruton Smith try to start his own series with all of his tracks and all of the tracks around, like Nashville's (sorry, Gladeville's) track, they could get a new series off of the ground and leave NASCAR in a big hurt. One of the bigest problems would be to get enough sponsors to go along with it. In today's economy, that may be too large of a hurdle to overcome.

Either way, NASCAR better wake up and address the fans side of the sport and not just try to figure out how to put more money into their own pockets.

[Marswolf]

I'm still into Grand National and Sportsman racing.

[Mike.357]

Grand National and Sportsman racing

it is showing your age mentioning those series, and showing mine in me knowing what you are talking about, lol

[Marswolf]

Thank God some of us remember what is supposed to be about.

[Guest db99wj]

Didn't watch it, but I did watch the CORR race that was on NBC.

http://www.corracing.com/

[TripleDigitRide]

NASCAR? What's that?

I've been a die hard NASCAR fan for several years, but they have made me sick. I've watched 2 1/4 races this season.

This isn't the first, second, or third time Goodyear has had an issue with the tires. Goodyear blames NASCAR, and NASCAR blames Goodyear.

I was listening to Sirius NASCAR Radio (Ch.128), when some sort of "manager" from Goodyear called in. According to him, NASCAR tells Goodyear what tires and how many to bring. He said that Goodyear has multiple tire compounds for each track, and NASCAR decides which tires they want the teams to use. Goodyear has no say when it comes to which tires will be used on any given track, according to the "manager" guy.

He also mentioned another intersting fact that I didn't know. The teams "rent" the tires from Goodyear. At the end of each race, the teams must give back the used tires, along with any tires they have not used. This is done to keep the more wealthy teams from stockpiling more tires than the less wealthy teams.

[Mike.357]

The teams "rent" the tires from Goodyear

back when I was in the know they were charged $400 per tire.

[Westwindmike]

I heard them say that a set of 4 went for $1700.

[Mike.357]

4 went for $1700

sounds like they have not gone up much.

[Guest db99wj]

Apology from NASCAR regarding the crap tires Goodyear provided.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25918421/

[saintsfanbrian]

How about you ignore this race ever happened since it really wasn't one. Remove everyone's points and lets just say it never occurred.

[Marswolf]

Sounds like they would have done better using retreads.

[molonlabetn]

If it wasn't for the wrecks and drama, why would anybody watch?

[DMark]

I have gone to my last NASCAR race.

The last one I went to, they were all racing IROC spec cars (COT).

The Man in the Black #3 would never allow this.......