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Nicole Stout is a Goodyear Racing Tires engineer who can be found at many 51 Super Tour weekends working in the Goodyear tire trailer. As the guest on this week’s Inside the 51 podcast with Brian Bielanski, Nicole runs through her journey from handing her papa spark plugs, to soapbox derby racing, to engineering school at Purdue. Then, of course, there’s her career at Goodyear Racing Tires. This episode concentrates on tire management for those new to racing, although there’s gold in this episode that will benefit even the most experienced 51 road racers.

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