Tire misnomers

June 9, 2012 Greg Engle 0

Drivers routinely refer to tires as “hard” and “soft,” — hard tires supposedly being the norm for a newly repaved race track such as Pocono…

The turn is the hard part

June 8, 2012 Greg Engle 0

AJ Allmendinger, who had the fastest lap in the Thursday morning session (177.190 mph) at Pocono, said the average speed didn’t hold a candle to the pace entering Turn 1.