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NASCAR: Preserving tires is up to teams
NASCAR Martinsville A Heal
Austin Dillon (3) make a pit stop after being involved in a first lap accident during a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday in Martinsville, Va. - photo by Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas — NASCAR will not regulate tire pressures at Texas Motor Speedway, and if drivers have tire failures during Sunday's race officials believe they won't be able to blame Goodyear. Hoping to give more control over setups and strategy to race teams, NASCAR is refusing to get involved in monitoring whether teams choose to follow recommendations set each week by Goodyear. There were multiple tire issues at California two weeks ago, and many drivers tried to blame the product Goodyear brought to the track.