NASCAR Fans Suggest Potential Options After Eye-Popping Goodyear Tire News Emerges

On a very interesting note, 2022 is the final year of Goodyear tires’ contract with NASCAR. Of course, the brand will be keen to renew terms and conditions. However, a number of fans have been quite excited to see new tire manufacturers enter the fray. Interestingly, Goodyear’s current contract was an exclusive one, making them the sole supplier.

Whether NASCAR will pursue a similar contract or opt for a different one, is anyone’s guess. However, the fans have been quite divided on the subject.

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While many would love for Goodyear to continue as the sole supplier, others are hoping that more tire manufacturers jump in.

If we’re being honest, different tire suppliers present alternate strategies and make racing more unpredictable. Formula One, MotoGP, IndyCar, and even NASCAR had it once upon a time. Now, there is a tyre manufacturer monopoly in each of these major motorsport series.

What does the Goodyear contract future mean for NASCAR?

Both parties last penned an extension in 2017, and it lasted for five years. Now, there could be chances that the sport and the tire manufacturer will sit down and hash out another five-year contract. Whether Goodyear will act or will other suppliers get their oar in first, is up for debate.

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For now, the sport is content to let the 2022 NASCAR Cup season play out and focus on negotiations later in the year.

In the pro tyre-war camp, suggestions included Firestone, Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli, Cooper, and many more. Looking at the situation from another perspective though, it will be expensive for the sport and for the manufacturers themselves. There is also a performance aspect, as Goodyear experienced with the Next Gen cars.

So the new suppliers will essentially be starting from scratch.

It also does not help that they would have to manufacture tires based on the single lug nut design. This would be a massive hurdle, given that teams and drivers are still struggling with it to this day. NASCAR is making the adjustment all the more difficult with its strict penalty policy around the wheels.