Wider tires not expected any time soon

A lot of talk in the garage has been about the possibility of Goodyear introducing a larger, wider tire to better handle the loads this car creates and improve handling. Well, don't expect it any time soon. "It's a science project that we're involved in with Goodyear,'' said John Darby, Sprint Cup series director. "Obviously, a change that major would probably never see a race track for five years.'' Darby said such a change to the tires would require major changes elsewhere: "You've got tire technology, you've got wheel manufacturers, and you've got brake manufacturers. It's just so many components on something like that that it would be as big a change as when we left bias-ply and went to radial tires." Roanoke Times