NASCAR race tires made at Goodyear facility in Akron
There is an enormous amount of pride, workmanship and know-how that goes into each of the 4,000-plus racing tires that are produced during peak weeks of the NASCAR season.
Tires wait to be fitted to cars.
Tire tread is extruded.
Skilled tire builders at Goodyear's Innovation Center Manufacturing facility in Akron hand- build each NASCAR tire to meet specications for each tire recommendation.
Goodyear race tires are cured.
During peak weeks, Goodyear makes 4,000 NASCAR race tires.
A worker visually inspets the NASCAR tire.
A worker inspects a race tire.
The Goodyear logo stencil is applied to the sidewall of the race tires.
The Goodyear logo decal is applied to a tire.
A worker looks over a tire.
Stickers bearing the name of the person who built the tire wait to be attached.
Scott McWilliams is one of those who build Goodyear race tires.
Goodyear embeds a radio frequency identication (RFID) chip in the sidewall of each NASCAR radial tire to track the tire throughout its life cycle.
During peak weeks of NASCAR season, Goodyear produces as much as 4,000 tires.
Workers preapre tires for a NASCAR race.
A Goodyear service technician works on the mounting and balancing process at the race track.
A worker prepares tires for a race.
A look at some Goodyear racing tires.
Skilled tire builders at Goodyear's Innovation Center Manufacturing facility in Akron hand- build each NASCAR tire to meet specications for each tire recommendation.
Goodyear racing tires are made at Innovation Center Manufacturing facility in Akron.
There are plenty of ingredients that make up a NASCAR tire.
A look at some of the materials that go into a Goodyear race tire.
A look at the Goodyear Innovation Center Manufacturing.
Each of the nearly 400 Goodyear employees seems to take ownership of his or her part of the process, be it engineering the compound, constructing the rubber plies, stamping the tire, inspecting the final product repeatedly or delivering it to the desired race track.