Sunday Notebook from Indy

Tire wear woes continue today here at the Brickyard as teams prepare for today's Allstate 400 Sprint Cup race. The Goodyear tires were wearing out down to the cords within 3 to 5 laps on Friday. Yesterday, with more rubber on the track, it was 10 laps before the cords were showing.

As a backup plan for what looks like a complete and utter disaster, two things have been done. Goodyear brought in Pocono tires overnight. There will be a competition yellow at lap 10 and at lap 20. If the tires are junk the race will be red-flagged and Pocono tires will be mounted on all the wheels and the race restarted. Talk about yet another PR nightmare for Goodyear and for NASCAR. Stick a fork in Goodyear, they're done.