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Goodyear’s New Tires Poses a Challenge for Team Penske at Phoenix Raceway: NASCAR Championship Implications

Carl Harrison by Carl Harrison
March 9, 2025
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Goodyear’s New Tires Poses a Challenge for Team Penske at Phoenix Raceway: NASCAR Championship Implications
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As we draw closer to the Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, the NASCAR championship scene is rife with buzz and speculation. The reason for the heightened tension? The wildcard entry announced by NASCAR earlier this year. The spotlight is on the new Goodyear option tire, which will be making its debut at the Phoenix Raceway this spring.

Our minds drift back to the memory of Bristol 2024, the fifth race of the season. The NASCAR family descended on Bristol Motor Speedway, marking the first race since the switch back to the original concrete surface from the experimental dirt track. The unexpected twist in the tale was the Goodyear tire, which quite literally threw a spanner in the works for every team and driver.

Much to everyone’s surprise, the Next-Gen car short track package brought the issue of tire wear back into the limelight. Teams grappled with managing their tires, leading to a record-breaking 54 lead changes and a nail-biting night race at Bristol. The battle of tire attrition crowned Denny Hamlin as the winner, a victory that was later tarnished by a fine and loss of points due to engine tampering by Toyota.

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Fast forward to the present, and fans are placing their bets on Team Penske, known for their impressive record at Phoenix Raceway. Joey Logano, the defending champion, and Ryan Blaney, with 9 top-5 finishes in his last 12 appearances at Phoenix, including 6 podium finishes, have made Team Penske a formidable force at Phoenix. However, the introduction of the new Goodyear tire compound, a variable unknown to all, threatens to derail their plans.

The new Goodyear option tire, first used in Richmond last year, offers more grip and speed but wears off quickly. This feature led to an exciting race in Richmond where Austin Dillon broke a 68-race winless streak by leveraging the new tires to his advantage. The Phoenix weekend could see a similar twist.

However, the uncertainty surrounding the performance of these new tires has left even the defending champion, Joey Logano, perplexed. At a recent press conference, Logano confessed, “We have a few educated guesses on the way we think things are going to go, but we won’t know for sure until we get on the racetrack with it, right?”

This unpredictability casts a shadow of doubt over Team Penske’s dominance at Phoenix Raceway. With this new development, they find themselves on an equal footing with other teams, a position they were not expecting to be in.

The stakes are high for Team Penske, having failed to clinch wins on speedways despite performing well. Their competitors, including Hamlin, Christopher Bell, and Kyle Larson, are expected to make the most of the traditional ovals.

The introduction of the new option tires not only adds an element of unpredictability to the race but could also significantly impact the championship’s outcome. The potential for the tires to shake up the playoff system and championship is enormous, and NASCAR is in the center of this thrilling storm.

Ever since the introduction of the new playoff system in 2014, winning just one race secures a spot in the playoffs. The introduction of option tires could potentially throw the playoff system into chaos. Richmond saw Austin Dillon breaking his 68-race drought, and Daniel Suarez leading for 93 laps, eventually finishing in the top 10, thanks to these new tires.

However, not everyone is thrilled with this development. Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing voiced his concern, stating, “I personally am not a fan of the option tire, because it adds a gimmick to the race and allows noncompetitive cars to otherwise be competitive off of a different strategy.”

The question remains, will a regular frontrunner establish dominance at the Phoenix weekend, or will the option tires stir up the playoff picture? Irrespective of the outcome, the Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway promises to be a pivotal point in the NASCAR Cup Series championship.

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