Goodyear’s option tires at Richmond “were like Mario Kart with a star”

NASCAR and Goodyear gave each team two sets of “option” (or softer) tires it could use in the 400-lap event in addition to the four sets of its “prime” (or regular harder) tires.It was up to teams when to utilize them in the race. The only stipulation was that they had change all four tires when putting on the options.Drivers Daniel Suarez and Michael McDowell were the first to try the …Keep reading