Category: Goodyear

Tires and the COT

03/22/09 | by diandra [mail] | Categories: Tires, Goodyear
You all know Newton's first law of motion (NASCAR version). A race car going 130 mph down the frontstretch at Bristol is going to keep going 130 mph down the frontstretch at Bristol unless a force makes it do something different In more science-y word… more »

Mailbag: Tire Codes, Bristol Waves and the Science of Cheating

08/27/08 | by diandra [mail] | Categories: Waves, Tires, Goodyear, rubber, Grip, Cheating
Just when you think things can't get any busier, they do. It's the end of the fiscal year at my university, which means getting buried in a mound of paperwork. We're doing three workshops this fall for teachers on using NASCAR to get kids interested in m… more »

Goodyear Knows what went Wrong at Indy

08/12/08 | by diandra [mail] | Categories: Tires, Goodyear, Indianapolis
Goodyear has figured out (or at least thinks they have a good idea) what the problem was with the Indy tires. They confirmed that the tire compound was indeed the one they intended to use and identical to the one they've run there the last two years. The… more »

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