NASCAR News: Big Richmond Raceway Change Explained By Vice President Elton Sawyer

The addition of an 'option tire' at the upcoming Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway aims to improve competition.

An 'option tire' has been added to the upcoming Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on August 11 to help improve the entertainment factor of the

's senior vice president of competition, Elton Sawyer, reflected on the results from earlier testing during a recent interview on SiriusXM 's longstanding tire supplier, is at the forefront of implementing this new strategy. Stu Grant, General Manager of Goodyear's Global Race Tires division, highlighted the pioneering nature of introducing option tires into the beloved sport.'This whole option tire thing is pretty exciting strategy stuff for us and for the sport.

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