Tire Wars: Racing With Goodyear [Hardcover]

William Neely (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1993

How did trickery -- not tires, cost Goodyear an Indy win? And what about that unanticipated LeMans victory? Tire Wars gives you the whole story, as the drivers, team managers engineers and technicians who were there relate what, and how, it all happened in NASCAR, sports cars, Indy and more.

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"...interesting reading...timely...many historical anecdotes" -- Autoweek

"...successfully blended cars and drivers with advances in tires to create an entertaining story" -- Skinned Knuckles

"No matter your motorsports preference... Indy...stock cars...motorcycles...you find it here." -- Classic AMERICAN

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Awarded the Thomas McKean Memorial Cup for historical research on the basis of accuracy and interest.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Aztex Corp (August 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089404091X
• ISBN-13: 978-0894040917
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,784,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Covers GoodYear but not Tire Wars, June 18, 2005

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Maxim Masiutin (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tire Wars: Racing With Goodyear (Hardcover)

The race tire is the one thing that the teams can't duplicate. The top teams were spending between $20 and $140 million in Eighties, and now they spend much more. They can create a complete engine, electronics, chassis, carbon fiber this and that. But the one thing they can't make is tires. This is the main point of the book.

This is a historical overview of GoodYear tires in competition events from 1902 to 1992.

The title "Tire Wars" is a little bit misleading, because the book fails to adequately cover competing tire manufacturers and the wars themselves. The book mostly exclusively covers GoodYear tires and motor sports events were GoodYear won, without comparison with the rival tire companies.

This book describes the evolution of GoodYear competition tires without engineering details. It mostly covers racing events rather than tire technology data. However, the book is of great historical value. It is very interesting to read and have many noteworthy photographs.

If you would like to read an adequate coverage of tire wars, I would have recommended "Racing & High Performance Tire" by Paul Haney.