Before drivers hopped into their cars to practice for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon ...

There's a not-so-old song with a lyric that goes something like, "The tires are the things on the car that make contact ...

Last year's Cup race at Bristol saw drivers unable to go much more than 35 to 40 laps for most of the race before the tires ...

Maintaining these all-important tires properly over their life often gets deemed inconvenient even by those who obsess over wear ratings, tread patterns ... prevailed as the car got more ...