The more you take away, the less exciting or the less competitive it becomes in my opinion.
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“Maybe that (was) a little extreme on having tire issues, but I’m telling you, it puts an element back into the game,” said Roush Fenway Racing driver Greg Biffle, who was among those with tire problems Sunday. Goodyear has several tests scheduled over the next couple of months to determine tires for races this summer. Hendrick said bringing the same tire from a year ago with teams using totally different setups and creating more downforce was asking a lot out of the tire. Goodyear is a great sponsor and a great partner in this deal and we’ll figure it out.” “It’s a combination of probably not having the right tire there. “I don’t think it was a camber (and setup) issue,” Hendrick said. Running low air pressure will produce more grip but risk a tire failure. Goodyear officials said they will talk to the teams about what happened at California but they believe that teams were using tire pressures that were lower than recommended.
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PHOTOS: Best short-track drivers | Classic Martinsville pics | Earnhardt and Elvis car Jimmie has never been a guy to abuse a tire.” “To say you run the car too hard? You’re out there to win the race so you have to run (hard). I don’t care what anybody says, that’s not the way you’re supposed to race. “That’s not the way you’re supposed to race. “You’re not supposed to race where you have to worry about not pushing the car to save a tire,” Hendrick said at an appearance to promote an auto fair next week at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He was one of at least a dozen drivers to suffer tire problems. Leading with about seven laps left Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, Johnson had a tire go flat. Early in the race at Bristol two weeks ago, Johnson had a tire unravel that Goodyear officials said was the result of wear because he was trying to make the tire last two fuel runs. MORE: Tire problems growing pains for Goodyear | Hamlin cleared to race | Martinsville picks: Hendrick teams favoredīy “we,” Hendrick means his Hendrick Motorsports organization and Goodyear. It doesn’t do anybody any good to start pointing figures. “You work so hard and you’re so disappointed. “I wanted to kick the dash out of the truck I was in,” team owner Rick Hendrick said Tuesday. Jimmie Johnson has had race-winning hopes that have been stymied by tire issues the last two weeks, and his team owner appears just as frustrated.