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= _ Salute Employe Performance :., "h'' .. , /04*
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t" 4-, Development & Production
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A* Bring Goocyear A Winner
Goodyear's Blue Streak Speed- •testing, balancing and inspec- . The tires are a study in the
way Special tires that performed tion of the winning Indy tires. art of compromise, as far as
so well for A. J. Foyt in his The men chiefly involved in construction is concerned, ac-
..\. victory last week at the India- the production of the four tires cording to Mills.
napolis t'500" represent a tri- with Lunsford and Hill were •They are major contributors
bute to a top-notch job by the Paul Wagner, Anthony Thomas, in an event in which there is no
company's development and pro- Barney Trevillion, Joe Lyons, compromise at the finish line,"
duction men. Denzil Boothe, Elmer Roby, he said. 6(It's either win or lose."
All four tires on Foyt's car Harry Jenkins, Lewis Payne, •It's easy to build a tire for
went the entire 500 miles. Eugene Cross, Frank Burnett, maximum traction or a tire for
Harold E. Mills, manager of Robert Hayward, Frank Guis- maximum tread wear. But get-.
race tire development, headed a tino, Gary Heberline, Oscar Soul- ting both from the same tire is
_ team of compounders and de- ier, George Pyatt, Donald Finch, impossible. A top-performing -
*: · . 4. --2 signers who were responsible for Edward Keen Ad Ron Hutchin- tire is a compromise between the
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developing the tires. Many other son. two. And in a top-performing
t7.. 1 .0. -development employes assisted In general, the tires can be race tire, the balance is tipped
I f. . 44 the group with ideas and techni- described as ultra-low-profile, in favor of traction."
A, 4.41 0, cal assistance, but those chieflY low-cord angle, bias-ply tires Despite their size, the Blue
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\ G n i - \ involved were Jim Tucker, chief with a very wide tread. Streak Speedway Special tires
 036 ,1.•,r . '.
. I ZE W. compounder; Leo Mehl, Indiana- Tires On the front of the car are extremelk light in weight.
polis project compounder; Fred were 10.35-15, with a section Tread and sidewall rubber is at
Fortin, compounder; Ed Alexan- width of 10 inches, a tread width an absolute minimum in order
• der, chief engineer, and tire de- of eight inches and an outside to combat centrifugal pull and
+: tr- signers Don Knight, Tom Collins, diameter of 24 inches. They were heat build-up created by speeds
Vito Caravito, Paul Rose, Ken mounted on rims eight and one- in excess of 200 mph - speeds IiI
/*. Lowe and Fred Meeks. half inches wide. which Indy cars reach at the
Bob Lunsford, department
IN ACTION on the track or on the speaker's stand at the Rear tires were 12.45-15, with end of each straightaway. The
victory banquet, A. J. Foyt was a winner. During his second pit a section width of more than 12
foreman in race tire production, tires are designed for maximum
and Mike Hill, supervisor, co-stop
(above) during the Indianapolis 6'500," his Goodyear tires inches, a tread width of about traction on left hand turns and
were inspected cosely, and found to have plenty of tread on them. ordinated the curing, building, 10 inches and an outside diame- are suitable only for A dry track,
They performed perfectly for the entire 500 miles at an average • ter of 26 inches. They were since the 6t500" is not run in the
speed of 151.207 miles per hour. Joh•cock, mounted on rims nine and one-rain.
half inches wide. While racing tires are not
Foyt's Victory Puts Goodyear N'111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111• tread concept is now appearing
suitable for street use, the wide
EESE
- - in passenger car. tires, as evi-
- 55 Years Old! = denced by the Speedway Wide
Goodyear In News Win Again • This is anniversary •M Tread-the 6'Wide Boots" tire
• month for The W•ngfoot by Goodyear.
•<It put them in Victory Lane • Clan! The concept will find increas-s
• ing use in the future. Also, Good-for
the first time in 48 years • Last week's issue marked -
- year's racing tire experience has
. . . Not since -Howdy Wilcox ' - the end of the 55th year =
- won in a Peugeot in 1919 had • for this employe publica-=. 5 contributed to tread designs de-
- livering increased traction for
Goodyear tired a victor in this = tion and the start of the •
= 56th. The first issue of the -
= standard passenger car tires.
race. = "Because of the competitive
= paper came out June 1, • pressure, our development work
3 1912.
• = proceeds at an accelerated pace,"
•Iii•miiiwij•immill'11'11'11'•11'11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111113 Mills said.
Goodyear tires played a big
part in the picture-perfect race
run by A. J. Foyt at Indianapo-lis
and the racing fraternity
drivers, mechanics, press and
fans-knew it.
Goodyear was in the public
eye immediately after the race
and its victory was welcomed
by many. The best way to show
the impact of Goodyear's tri-umph
is to quote the local Indi-anapolis
newspapers, The Indi-anapolis
News and The Indian-apolis
Star.
From stories in The News:
66Although the yellow light
was on one hour and four min-utes,
Foyt managed to set a
new record for the 500 miles.
His speed in the No. 14 Shera-ton-
Thompson Special Was
151:207 mph."
•'Also in the winner's circle
for the first. time since 1919
,,
were the Goodyear tire people.
From The Star:
66Foyt's victory, though it
came to him rather than vice
': versa, was as beautiful as if
he had led every lap to the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company.
*Just for good measure, Good-year
grabbed off six of the first
10 spots in the unofficial run-down."
66On the next lap, A. J. made
his first pit stop, taking fue1
and gulping down a drink of
water. The 23-second respite
left him 18 seconds behind
Jones. On the next rap, his crew
gave him an OK on his tires
which had been carefully
checked during the pit stop."
•The crew had planned the
second and last pit stop for lap
146 but changed plans and held
up a sitn; 6(Want tires ?" Foyt
shook his head no and Goodyear
was about to break a 44-year
Firestone victory string."
"Victor Holt, president of
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company, will receive the vic-tory
.wreath awarded to Foyt--
at A. J.'s personal and unsoli-cited
request.
,,
Goodyear-equipped racers con-tinued
their domination of the
world's race courses with out-standing
performances last
weekend.
In Milwaukee, Gordon John-cock
took an early lead ln the
150-mile Rex Mays Memorial
Race and held lt the rest of the
way for his first United States
Automobile Club championship
victory .of the year. In Zand-voort,
The Netherlands, Denis
Hulme boosted his point total
to 16 to maintain his lead in the
World· Drivers Championship
standings by placing third behind
teammate Jack Brabham in the
Dutch Grand Prix.
Johncock paced an impressive
Goodyear showing in Milwaukee.
Fifteen starters in the field
:chose . Blue Streak Speedway
Special tires and eight of the
first ten finishers ·rode on Good-years.
Johncock qiialified fastest
for the pole position and Joe
Leonard, also on Goodyears, was
second fastest.
Leonard jumped into the lead
from his starting position on
the outside of the front row and
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SYMBOL OF
VICTORY -
Goodyear Presi-dent
Victor Holt
Jr. wears the
smile of a winner
as he displays the
victory wreath
captured by A. J.
Foyt in the Indi-anapolis
6500: Be-cause
Holt was
unable to attend
the race, Foyt
asked that the
wreath be flown
to Akron and pre-sented
to the
Goodyear execu-tive
66with my
compliments and
gratitude."
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