The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Richard Barkley Campbell

Paul Harry Sandstrom

Charles Kenneth Schmalix

Joel Joseph Lazeration

Douglas A Swift

Andrew Frederick Weimer

Steven Wayne Cronin

John Gregory Stucker

Thomas Charles Lippello, Iii

Mark Alan Keto

Larry Alan Kraus

A racing tire comprising a tread having a new tread thickness of no greater than about 0.375 inch. The tread defines a running surface that includes a first circumferential portion of a first rubber compound and a second circumferential portion of a second rubber compound situated adjacent one another. The first rubber compound has a greater stiffness than the second rubber compound so as to provide the tread with greater wear resistance along the first circumferential portion, and the second rubber compound provides the tread with greater traction along the second circumferential portion. The tread may be substantially free of a tread pattern. The second rubber compound may have a greater DIN abrasion value than the first rubber compound. The second rubber compound may have a higher tan delta at 100&#xb0; C. and/or a higher J&#x2033; traction value than the first rubber compound.

Zoned tread for racing tires

The loss of tire contact patch area along the tire's inside shoulder, relative to an oval race course, which occurs during chassis roll and lateral deflection, is reduced by providing an asymmetrical molded tire. The tires are defined by an asymmetrical outer tread profile and the tires are mounted on the rear axle of the race vehicle such that the axially outer portion of the asymmetrical tread region of each tire, relative to the race course, has a greater shoulder drop, wherein the shoulder drop is the difference between the maximum radial diameter of the tread measured on the outer tread contour and the diameter of the tread at the tread edge, than the opposing tire shoulder.

Forming and mounting of an asymmetric race tire

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Massillon, OH, United States of America

Richard Barkley Campbell