In the aftermath of Saturday night’s races at Orange County Speedway which saw an alarming number of tire failures, the Championship Auto Racing Series (CARS) has announced that Hoosier will be replacing American Racer as the official tire supplier of the CARS Tour.

“Effective immediately the Hoosier 37-190F45 RS tire will take over as the official tire of the CARS Tour with its debut in competition coming at Concord Speedway on August 29th,” a series press release stated. “The new tire will be used on both left and right sides, and utilized by both Late Model Stock Cars and Super Late Model machines.”

The Hoosier F45 the tire that is predominantly run in asphalt short track racing. Saturday night’s tire debacle had many of the teams in the series screaming for CARS to begin running Hoosier tires.

“After much consideration for our competitors, fans, and the overall health of the tour we felt this is a necessary change moving forward. Our competitors are more familiar with the Hoosier Racing Tire product line, and have been vocal about their desire to utilize it in competition,” CARS Tour owner Jack McNelly said in a statement. “With that said I have to say that Scott Junod and the entire staff at American Racer have been nothing less than excellent to work with. Their efforts and hard work to help mold the CARS Tour in its initial stages speaks volumes about how valuable they are to the industry.”

The press release also stated, “Tire testing to help design a tire specific to the CARS Tour for years to come will take place in the coming weeks with hopes of debuting the new tire at the season finale on November 1st at Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway.”

Shortly after Saturday night’s race, CARS Tour’s public relations director and race director, Chris Ragle, told RACE22.com’s Zach Evans that there were issues with the tire and that those issues would be resolved before the August 29th race at Concord.

American Racer director of racing Scott Juno said he was “very disappointed” about the decision by the CARS Tour to make the switch from American Racer to Hoosier.

“Very disappointed,” Juno told RACE22.com on Tuesday. “Obviously we felt we put a lot of work and effort into that and its unfortunate but obvious we’ve got to the respect the decision of the series.”

Juno said that the problems at Orange County Speedway were not caused by the American Racer tires but by teams not adhering to the published minimum air pressures.

“The recommended air pressure minimums that were published and preached all weekend were 25 psi in the right front,” Juno explained. “The chances of anyone having 25psi in the right front is non-existent. The recommended minimums were right front 25 psi. That was not observed by anyone that I have spoken to that had a problem.”