Hard Tires, excess speeds= one horrible race.

Too bad it all could have been prevented. The race last night was atrocious, 30 laps was about the maximum anyone could go on a set of tires, before they were completely destroyed, and that race was a sham of an event. There weren't 22 yellows, but that was because nobody could race with each other for any extended period of time.

Humpy Wheeler, for all he has done for the sport, ushering in the age of night races and a master at promotion, promoted the heck out of something horrible. The levigation process used created so much heat in the tires, and the tires wouldn't wear out and the speeds wouldn't fall off.

Is it Goodyear's Fault? no, because they have to do so much effort to get these tires to survive under the intense loading that they endure, but I think an effort should have been placed on having a good tire at the racetrack, but after the May race, when tires weren't a problem its harder to say what really was the problem.

Its definitely Lowes Motor Speedway's fault, by deciding to levigate a track surface that although worn out and needing to be smoothed out was still a good racetrack. Now we were stuck with a very loose racetrack, with little grip when cars ran side byside.

Good news is that the track will be repaved before next year, but I see speeds being just as fast or faster then they were now, but the racetrack will have bunches of extra grip in it. Look forward to next years races because they will be much better.