NASCAR has embraced the usage of moist climate tires of late and Sunday’s race at Chicago was slightly totally different in that the group allowed groups to make the decision on when to change from moist climate tires to slick tires.
It was a choice that had some critical implications within the race, maybe even turning into the deciding issue.
“I believe that the tip of the race was fairly fascinating,” Kevin Harvick mentioned on the Kevin Harvick’s Completely satisfied Hour podcast. “I believe the slick tires technique was clearly the dropping technique. And that was the tip of it. I believe Christopher Bell in all probability had a sooner automotive on slick tires on the finish, however finally there was one line. And the best way that each one these guys simply adopted Bell in placing these slick tires on finally bought themselves buried.”
Bell did, in actual fact, lead the cost into pit street simply earlier than the tip of Stage 2. As he switched to slick tires, so did many different drivers.
Drivers like Alex Bowman didn’t. And finally it was Bowman that lasted longest towards the entrance of the sphere whereas these on slick tires tried to make a push.
It didn’t work out so properly for many.
“Bell wrecked with making an attempt to make a move with whoever wrecked with, there was two or three of them that wrecked all on the similar time,” Harvick mentioned. “Someone bought free and he wound up tore up. And actually Ty Gibbs bought knocked again there in the identical kind of scenario and finally price him an opportunity to win the race.”
One driver who didn’t fall sufferer to the slick tires till the very finish was Tyler Reddick. For a quick minute it seemed like Reddick was going to have the pace to shut down Bowman and make it extraordinarily fascinating within the remaining lap.
However Reddick clipped a wall on a flip and that was that. The slick tires technique was finally a bust.
Harvick defined why it performed out that approach.
“So that you had all these rain tires that stayed out, stayed up entrance,” Harvick mentioned. “There was sufficient of them to dam the slick tires, and it’s simply tougher to move while you solely have one dry line and you’ve got slick tires on. So you actually should tip-toe round there.
“And after we noticed all of the errors that we noticed all day from a few of the finest, proper? We noticed Chase Briscoe wipe out SVG. We noticed Kyle Larson all however wipe out Ty Gibbs sliding within the brake zone. And that brake zone is hard in (Flip) 6. For no matter cause it’s tremendous slick and it simply takes stepping over the road, and when you lock these tires up you possibly can’t get it again. It’s such as you’re on ice and it appears such as you choose up pace.”
All instructed, although, NASCAR must be happy with the outcomes. The drivers and their groups made the choice and the race performed out with a outcome impacted by the technique of getting finished so. That’s the way you draw it up in a great world.
