Tony Stewart is always willing to tell you how he feels and this is one of those moments. Even though he finished second in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 and Joe Gibbs Racing was responsible for the first foreign made car win in Cup Series in over 50 years, Stewart still wasn’t happy. He ripped Goodyear for the hard tire combination that they supplied NASCAR with for Sunday’s race.
“That’s the most pathetic racing tire I’ve ever been on in my career. They exited out of Formula One. They exited out of IRL. They exited out of CART. They exited out of World of Outlaws. And there’s a reason for that: because Goodyear can’t build a tire that’s worth a crap,” said Stewart.
“If I were Goodyear, I’d be really embarrassed about this weekend and the tire they brought us here. It didn’t keep us from winning the race and how we got to second I don’t know. […]
“It was ridiculous to have to race on a tire like this — not at this form of racing. If they can’t do any better than that, they [should] just pull out of the sport and save us all a bunch of headaches cause I guarantee you that Hoosier or Firestone could come in and do a lot better job than they’re doing right now.”
The one thing that I admire about Tony Stewart is that he speaks the truth and is not afraid to tell it. Maybe NASCAR should open the door for other tire manufactures to give Goodyear a little healthy competition.