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Does Goodyear have any of the bracket race market?


Larry Woodfin



 
Posts: 1827 | Location: Kilgore TX | Registered: March 12, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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First let me say this is just MY opinion. You may have Goodyear slicks and love them.

In 53 years that I have been doing this not once has a Goodyear tire worked for me. If you gave me a set I would not take them.

If you’re gonna try some then good luck!


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There are definitely cars out there winning on goodyears. Dave Triplett won the million on them I'm pretty sure.


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Aaron Vail,runs alot of big $ races and uses them on both cars. I used to run the 1984 on my Malibu I had years ago, they hooked good and we're very consistent but the side walls would go away within 100 passes.
 
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Larry,a few months ago I found an email address for a person with Goodyear supposedly in the performance side of the business. I asked if they just concentrated on the pros or cared about sportsman racing with tire development but never received a reply. I also asked why we never see them at any of our bracket races in Texas. Oh well I guess I got my answer.
 
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I tried their latest dragster tire ONE PASS if that tells ya anything....but think they are like Hoosiers in that they will work on door cars
 
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Larry,a few months ago I found an email address for a person with Goodyear supposedly in the performance side of the business. I asked if they just concentrated on the pros or cared about sportsman racing with tire development but never received a reply. I also asked why we never see them at any of our bracket races in Texas. Oh well I guess I got my answer.


Who's email were you trying? If it was Mart from Goodyear Racing, he would of contacted you without a doubt.
 
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I run the D1408 Goodyears. They have also was worked great.
 
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Mike Wiblishouser runs them on his S/G car and he is tough as a boot. Maybe he gets a super deal on them.


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They work great for burning brush piles and keeping warm ..... otherwise don't waste your $
 
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^^^^^^^ Thats my take also. Like buying a Rolls Royce when a Chev pick up will get the job done better. I never had any luck with them and they cost WAY to much
 
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Don't tell the fuel guys they don't work lol.. Goodyears always worked good for me when i ran them. Actually a 3 major brands have worked well for me..


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I had a set of Goodyears on my old car before I sold it. They worked, but the 60' was all over the map with them. Mickeys have been good to me, gonna keep running them....at least when I'm not trying to kill them......


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Goodyear has always been my go to brand.

But I have had varying success with all of them. Firestone/Phoenix, M/T, Hoosier, GY

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if you are willing to put in a little work on suspension any brand will work. I've tried all of them and made them work, but I always ended up back at Goodyear. M/T would be my second choice.
 
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I run the 3122 Goodyears on my car.
 
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I ran GY's for 10 years, on a heavy, slow footbrake car. Traction was good on any decently prepped track, and in hot weather. But the sidewalls always cracked and looked weather-checked very quickly, and consistency went away as well, in a few months to a year. (No matter what, where, or how I tried. One GY rep told me I was probably storing them too close to my compressor over the winter?). 60's were never deadly consistent, (nothing like the way M/T's worked for me, once I tried them). Years later, car got lighter, power went up a bunch, and I went to a trans-brake. Tried them again for a short while, and after 2 months, they looked older than some old worn out Mickeys that had been sitting outside for 3-4 years. I went back to M/T, short times tightened up again. Haven't looked back since. FWIW, had good luck with Hoosiers way back also, but they just didn't last long for me.


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I have been running Goodyear on my door car since 2009. We bought a dragster in 2014, and tried all 3 major brands the first couple seasons. I take my racing serious, and like to test a LOT to make my cars as good as they can be. I stuck with the Goodyear on the dragster as well. It would be VERY tough to convince me to switch to any other brand.


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Does this make the OP
G y curious? LOL.
A friend of mine runs Goodyears and always has. Mounts tires of all sorts for people all season long. But always goodyears on his car. He wins plenty. But then he could tighten up the stripe driving a Yugo.

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