It wasn’t a problem when the Bristol Night Race was in August. But with the race in its current slot on the schedule…yeah, that’s the real problem there.

Speedway Motorsports decided to

Is not the solution, all though might help a lil, but at least for me the bigger issue in short track is the mechanical grip and size of the Next Gen, and the gears sync, they don’t really look like it was setup for accelaration, and if there’s a bit more power it will help as well but the overall build of the car is flawed for the short Ovals, so they might as well make a whole new package or car for those races

Lolll nascar hasnt had a new OEM in like 20 years….and lost dodge

@Ryan Beyersdorff i agree that they can make it better and make it actually wear, but that’s not totally true and not a big deal. in theory it would be true but in reality it’s not.

they don’t cool down until a caution lets them cool down, and by then they do have enough actual wear that they aren’t running fast times anyways. it’s why we see guys stay out and fall back from 5th to 20th even if their tires aren’t that old. so yeah theoretically they could slow down and then be really fast but you can’t really do that without a caution forcing you to do it anyways.

if anything it helps passing because a guy can manage for 10 laps and cool his stuff and then go and pass a bunch of cars. that’s how you do it in all short track racing even with tires that do wear a lot. you see guys manage, make a run, then pay for it by falling back again.

so in the real life application of what makes them fall off, it’s almost exactly the same and fills the same purpose.

NASCAR needs to start another tire war by allowing other makers to come in like Firestone, Hankook, Yokohama & Michelin. Having competition will force Goodyear to improve their tires & the racing will get better as a result.

@Daniel Chaionly because the tire is getting hot, not wearing out. Once they cool it off they are running qualifying times again.