What Reason Tumultuous, tiring start to NASCAR's round of 12 at Texas ?

Goodyear and NASCAR officials said there were several teams that didn’t have tire issues.

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Childress said. “There's a fine line to push that limit. It wasn't the tire as much as it is trying to be as competitive as you can.”

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Chase Elliott was leading at Texas when a right rear tire issue led to hard contact with the wall and a fiery finish to his day

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After the caution lights came on when another front-running car had tire problem

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the 334 laps at the 1 1/2-mile Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday provided quite a tumultuous start to the round of 12.

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Even Christopher Bell, who like his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Hamlin was so good in the first round of the playoffs

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