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| | NASCAR.com - Riding on the wings of Goodyear has a price - Aug 3, 2004 |
 | | The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is as much a part of NASCAR history as sunburn, chicken bones and racing back to the caution flag, but as a rule you don't hear much about them. |
 | | The D number, or tire code, is stamped upon the sidewall of each tire to tell teams its size, construction and compound. |
 | | Goodyear used to be the only tire manufacturer involved in NASCAR, Indy Cars, Formula One, NHRA, sprint car racing, off-road and sports car racing, but the realities of world-wide commerce led the company to pull out of Formula One and the Indy Car ranks. |
| www.nascar.com /2004/news/business/08/03/goodyear_feature (992 words) |
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