I didn't remember than them doing that several years ago, when was it instituted & why?
2006-08-17 08:02:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
They did it at the Brickyard because a lot of the teams were having tire problems, so they wanted to make sure the track wouldn't be littered with shredded tires all day. As far as I know that was an extreme situation and it doesn't normally happen.
2006-08-17 08:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by jdbreeze1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nowadays, they usually only do it when they are experiencing a particular problem. Like at Indy, there were some tire problems, so they did the competition caution to check the tires and make sure it was safe.
2006-08-17 15:09:38 · answer #2 · answered by nathaniel_4624_19 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because they are afraid those pieces of crap goodyear tires are going to have a catostrophic failure before the car needs to pit for fuel. If they didnt force the teams to pit someone could get injured.
You can thank those idiots at Goodyear for the commercial break. Oh and BTW Firehawks- "Born at Indy" rule baby
2006-08-17 15:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do it to avoid generalized tire problems like they had at Lowes last year. If they're not sure how many laps a tire will hol up they'll throw that caution, have a look at everyones tires.
2006-08-17 15:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by frigon_p 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually to check tire wear if there was no opportunity to practice due to rain the day before, or Goodyear is trying out a new tire compound.
2006-08-17 15:09:24 · answer #5 · answered by Paul C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because Goodyear is changing there tires and they don't get to practice the day be for for what ever reason ( like rain ) so they let them race 15-20 lap to check the ware on the tires to prevent tire failure!
2006-08-17 15:09:37 · answer #6 · answered by Big R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do it to see if the tiers are waring down if the tires were doing it all weekend. They also do it if they did not practice alot. Like Indy this year for the tires wearing down so fast durnning the weekend.
2006-08-17 16:23:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Preventative Maintenance on the cars
2006-08-17 15:11:51 · answer #8 · answered by nerdboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it usually because practice gets rained out the day before..and they want to check tire wear and make sure all things are ok on the car
2006-08-17 16:53:22 · answer #9 · answered by nas88car300 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋