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Posted on 11/21/2008 5:30:10 PM PST by WestCoastGal
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Per Jayski
Despite efforts to remain low key, Firestone was discovered testing stock car tires at Homestead-Miami Speedway this past week. A Chip Ganassi Racing ARCA stock car driven by Scott Pruett tested on the road course. But an executive with Firestone said the test was nothing more than that, a test. “It was not a Firestone test and it was not a NASCAR test, it was a technical exercise to try and develop current stock car technology,” Al Speyer, executive director of Firestone/Bridgestone motorsports told SpeedTV.com’s Robin Miller. “It was a brandless program. There was no name on the tires or the uniforms or even the tire machines. And the car was painted gray,” he added. “We were just trying to be as low key as possible.” Goodyear is the current sole supplier of tires to NASCAR and has been since 2000. But competitors criticized them several times during the 2008 season especially after the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which was reduced to 10-12 laps segments due to tire failures. The current contract for Goodyear runs through 2011. “NASCAR did not come to us and ask us to test,” said Speyer. “But we’re currently talking to a lot of sanctioning bodies, ARCA, USAR and NASCAR and, yes, we’re interested in developing a stock car tire. “But we don’t have a specific timetable or contract with anybody,” he added.(NASCAR Examiner)(12-22-2008)
One of my best friends got tickets to the Hard Rock event. There were fewer than 100 people there.
He asked Tony Stewart about the 2009 “Prelude to the Dream.” Tony’s face lit up and he said that, as long as NASCAR drivers supported the event (by showing up and driving), he would host it.
This year, our race fan crew will be attending both the Prelude and “The Dream” at Eldora. On the “off day” (Thursday), we’ll revisit the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB. That, alone, is worth the trip.
If you’ve never been to Tony Stewart’s Playground in Rossburg, Ohio, you ought to go. Imagine a perfectly groomed 1/2-mile dirt track with seating for 23,000 race fans in the middle of absolutely nowhere. And there isn’t a bad seat in the whole place.
We’ll be easy to spot: We’ll all be wearing our “Victory Speedway” shirts.
See you there!!!
Wow. a dream trip for sure. I sure hope Smoke has great success with his Cup teams in 09.
Wish I could go, but with this economy it will just have to be work for me.
We will all be there with you in spirit and with your report and pics. :)
• Interactive fan forums
• Autograph sessions
• Show cars, displays, music
• Online auction
• Blood drive
Sounds like the government, pay to bleed.
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Sad news this close to Christmas.
Prayers for the family.
Have a blast, shoot a cannon. : )
The best to you and your bride and family in the coming year.
A very Merry Chistmas from umgud to all.
Very good! Mom was from Mobile, she would be quite happy that the bay is protected again. :)
As kids, we used to hear stories about a lump of coal in your stocking at Christmas, problem was, we had no idea what coal was.
Good one!
NOT REALLY :)
Bought the wife a power tool for Christmas...a sewing machine. I’ll heal up around Daytona.
LOL, hang in there, February is not that far away.
Yeah it does!
LOL...are you sure of that
I should have asked, is she into quilting as half of the women in Eureka are. If so you spent the equivalent of a new Corvette...
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