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Tires the talk of Texas ahead of Sunday's race
NASCAR Texas Tires Au Heal
Brayden Wienke stacks tires at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, April 4, 2014. NASCAR will not regulate tire pressures at the speedway, and if drivers have tire failures during Sunday's race officials believe they will not be able to blame Goodyear. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer) - photo by Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas — Tires remained the hot topic at Texas Motor Speedway, where NASCAR and Goodyear took the unprecedented step of discussing the compound selected for Sunday's race before a single lap had been turned. Goodyear's multi-zone tread tire is making its season debut at Texas, where speeds inched toward 200 mph in Friday's opening practice session. There was one major incident, 100 minutes into practice, when Kurt Busch wrecked hard into the outside wall.