Rick Heinrich

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  During the race, Goodyear product manager Rick Heinrich said the company would need to do some research to determine what went wrong.The tire compound was exactly the same one used in April's race at Talladega Superspeedway.Heinrich said it was brought back because of its success in the spring.Talladega rarely sees tire issues.Though right-side tires were the victims, both front and rear tires failed and not always in the same way."It does suggest that something is influencing the tire," Heinrich said.

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  Rick Heinrich, product manager for Goodyear, said the tires used Sunday are the same that were used without incident in the spring event at Talladega.He said David Reutimann's earlier tire failure had "100 percent evidence of a puncture" and Goodyear will have to analyze the other issues at its Akron, Ohio, plant.
  
  "There's a tremendous amount of car contact out there and that loosens things up and drops things on the track," Heinrich said."There's been accidents.

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  "There was nothing you could definitely point a finger at," Goodyear product manager Rick Heinrich said.
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  Heinrich was at a loss to explain things.
  
  "That's the perplexing thing, the lack of commonality," Heinrich said.
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  David Reutimann's blown right rear on Lap 53 wrecked Jeff Gordon's championship chances (watch video) -- and according to Heinrich, was the only incident that could be attributed 100 percent to being cut by debris or a fender rub. (Continued)

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  Rick Heinrich, project manager for Goodyear, said Wednesday that the tires showed a little more wear than Goodyear would have liked, but that could be expected as Goodyear attempts to create a compound that will work on the track.

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  Goodyear quote -- Rick Heinrich, sales manager, Nextel Cup Series: "The record-breaking hot weather at Fontana all weekend made it a big challenge for the teams to dial in handling on their race cars.

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  Goodyear comment from Rick Heinrich, sales account manager for Nextel Cup: "This was the second time that we have used this particular combination of Goodyear Eagle radials--both times this season at Pocono.

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  Rick Heinrich, product manager for Goodyear, said the tires used Sunday are the same that were used without incident in the spring event at Talladega.
  
  He said David Reutimann's earlier tire failure had "100 percent evidence of a puncture" and Goodyear will have to analyze the other issues at its Akron, Ohio, plant.
  
  "There's a tremendous amount of car contact out there and that loosens things up and drops things on the track," Heinrich said."There's been accidents.

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  Goodyear's Rick Heinrich, the company's NASCAR product manager, called the tire problems perplexing because he said that these are the same tires that performed problem-free here in April.

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  Goodyear's Rick Heinrich said they would investigate every incident separately at their facility in Ohio, while stating that a puncture had definitely caused Reutimann's right rear tyre to blow.
  
  "There's a tremendous amount of car contact out there and that loosens things up and drops things on the track," Heinrich said."There have been accidents.

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  Rick Heinrich, product manager for Goodyear, said the tires used Sunday are the same that were used without incident in the spring event at Talladega.He said David Reutimann's earlier tire failure had "100 percent evidence of a puncture" and Goodyear will have to analyze the other issues at its Akron, Ohio, plant.
  
  "There's a tremendous amount of car contact out there and that loosens things up and drops things on the track," Heinrich said."There's been accidents.

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