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Drivers: Tire tests show improvement

By John Oreovicz
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS -- Rain washed out most of the final day of a NASCAR Sprint Cup tire test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but drivers, NASCAR officials and Goodyear representatives came away convinced that tires will not be an issue at this year's Allstate 400 at The Brickyard, scheduled for July 26. In fact, four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon said he is "100 percent confident" that the Goodyear tire wear problems that turned last year's stock car race at IMS into a farcical series of 10-12 lap sp ...

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