Bridgestone to bring harder tire to Vegas in 2008

Tire wear was high on the streets of Las Vegas this weekend. Having never run here, Bridgestone had to guess on the correct tire compound. Their engineers brought the softest in its line of street course primary and alternate tires. Having had no opportunity to test here, the tires were chosen based on information gathered from teams' simulations. That data predicted speeds that were actually 15-19 mph slower than what the track actually produced. Bridgestone Motorsport engineers will analyze the data from this event and make adjustments we hear, meaning we would expect to see a slightly harder tire in 2008.