The action was wet ‘n wild in Montreal, but the rain-shortened race wasn’t a complete mess, Lee Spencer says.
The action was wet ‘n wild in Montreal, but the rain-shortened race wasn’t a complete mess, Lee Spencer says.
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Canadian road-racer Ron Fellows splashed his way to victory Saturday in the first NASCAR points event run on grooved rain tires, winning when heavy rain and poor visibility forced officials to end the race 26 laps early.
N’wide drivers fight in the rain at Montreal
NASCAR drivers raced in grooved rain tires for the first time in a major points race Saturday after showers at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve made it impossible to run on regular slick tires.
After just eight laps in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 on the 2.71-mile, 14-turn road course, rain and lightning forced an eight-minute, red-flag delay. The cars returned to the track with the grooved Goodyear tires and many also had a single windshield wiper.
N’wide drivers fight in the rain at Montreal
N’wide drivers fight in the rain at Montreal
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A bigger tire could be in NASCAR’s future.
In the wake of last week’s tire controversy at Indianapolis, where some of its tires failed, Goodyear is looking ahead to a tire that could work better with NASCAR’s new Car of Tomorrow, a bigger, heavier vehicle than the previous models used in Sprint Cup.
“We had some discussion about a larger tire …
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