Goodyear working on 18” tyre for NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick, who joined Goodyear to provide free tyre checks to consumers at the Concord Mills Mall in North Carolina
Goodyear has been working with NASCAR on plans to introduce a new 18” tyre in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 2021. Goodyear’s director of racing, Greg Stucker said the move to a larger tyre size from the currently used 15” model is to help make the cars more closely resemble those they would drive off the showroom floor. The change would coincide with the introduction of the Generation-7 NASCAR vehicle.
Stucker said that since few vehicles now “run 15-inch wheels,” and “everything is from 17 (inches) on up, so that’s really the driving factor to try to make it a bit more relevant to what’s on the street today.” The performance implications of the new size are yet to be revealed, with testing still to be conducted. NASCAR is driving the move with its new Gen-7 car. Stucker said the current goal is to outfit the Monster Energy Series cars, and no plans are being made yet for NASCAR’s other national series.
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