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Covers GoodYear but not Tire Wars, June 18, 2005
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.
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