{"id":51330,"date":"2024-05-11T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T22:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=51330"},"modified":"2024-05-11T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T22:52:12","slug":"elton-sawyer-fires-up-dale-earnhardt-jr-with-testing-results-making-north-wilkesboro-all-star-race-a-must-see-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/elton-sawyer-fires-up-dale-earnhardt-jr-with-testing-results-making-north-wilkesboro-all-star-race-a-must-see-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton Sawyer fires up Dale Earnhardt Jr. with testing results, making North Wilkesboro All-Star Race a must see event"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASCAR\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> Senior VP of Competition, Elton Sawyer, joined The Dale Jr Download<\/em> this week<\/a>, where he shed some light on the tires that\u2019ll be used for the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro.<\/p>\n

First, Dale Earnhardt Jr. bent Sawyer\u2019s ear regarding the tire-wear at Bristol Motor Speedway from earlier this season, and the NASCAR executive revealed they\u2019re looking at all angles to ensure they an replicate it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just part of the equation,\u201d Sawyer said<\/a>, regarding the temperature at Bristol. \u201cThat\u2019s a data point with temperature, that was different. The other thing, as I said earlier, the difference was the track-treatment. PJ1 versus the resin. The reason, not to get off-topic, the reason the track-treatment was different is Bristol became a wet-weather track. You can\u2019t run the PJ1 in wet-weather. It\u2019d be way too slick. So you start putting all of that in the equation. Whether it\u2019s track-temperature, whether it\u2019s resin. You start laying that out to people that\u2019s a lot smarter than me, from an engineering perspective, and trying to get to that place. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf the testing at Wilkesboro, with the testing, that will be the option tire, if the testing, what we\u2019ve done, and the results of those tests, then we\u2019re going to see some things at the All-Star Race that we\u2019re going to be really happy about. \u2026 They\u2019re going to have to manage that option tire from lap one. It\u2019ll be like, years ago, you go to Rockingham or Darlington.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alas, that was music to Earnhardt Jr.\u2019s ears, as he loves a good tire-wear race. He believes it can really separate the top drivers from the pack throughout an afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it,\u201d the NASCAR Hall of Famer responded<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s the only kind of races I run in the late-model stock cars, where I know it\u2019ll burn the tires off of it, where if you drive it like an idiot. \u2026 That was great.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the vibe NASCAR is looking to return to, and Sawyer recognizes that. He harkened back to the race earlier this season at Bristol, and let the world know NASCAR is doing all they can to make it happen. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what we saw at Bristol. You saw the veterans, [Martin] Truex [Jr.] and Brad [Keselowsk] and Denny [Hamlin] and even Ty Gibbs did a great job. He had a fast car, which you could say, \u2018Hey, that\u2019s not going to work for, you better start managing it.\u2019 But I think to your point, that\u2019s what we need to get to,\u201d Sawyer added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see how it all comes to fruition during the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro. Elton Sawyer and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be watching with a keen focus on what goes down that afternoon. <\/p>\n

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