from Speed Mail on Fox Sports by Jeff Hammond, since I been asked, here ya go: “Teams do have a contract with Goodyear, like a Joe Gibbs. I’m sure they are on some kind of bonus program with Goodyear because he has two past champions. Does everybody get in on the deal? No, it doesn’t work out that way. And yes, NASCAR does get paid by Goodyear to be the official tire of NASCAR. Are any other companies allowed to be involved? No. NASCAR restricts involvement. A few years ago, we did have another company involved, Hoosier. It didn’t work out quite like NASCAR wanted it to so Goodyear is the tire manufacturer for Winston Cup and NASCAR. With that being said, Goodyear works very, very hard to keep what happened at Dover from happening again. They work very hard to fix that problem. It’s just a tough part of our game.”( FoxSports )(9-29-2003)
