Good year predicted for tires at Indy

0 Comments | USA TODAY, June, 2009 | by Gary Graves

Jeff Gordon was so geeked Tuesday about Goodyear's rubber compound at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that he guaranteed next month's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard would surpass last July's tire-troubled race.

"I'm 100% confident," the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion said during a break in the seventh tire test since July. "It's a dead issue. This is going to be a race here. It might come down to fuel mileage, it might come down to a lot of different factors -- fastest car, not the fastest car, track position, a double-file restart with 10 (laps) to go. But it's not going to come down to a 10-lap shootout on whose tires can last.

"I can promise all the fans out there that if they want to come to the Brickyard and see a great race and be confident that the...