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Tony Stewart isn't backing down from what he said above about Goodyear tires.Yesterday, he defended his criticism of the tires he called "the most pathetic racing tire I've ever been on in my professional career."

"You finally get to the point where, if you get frustrated enough, now it's gone from doing things in a nice, calm manner to I want to make sure I get somebody's attention about this," he said.

Fellow driver Kevin Harvick supports the outspoken Stewart.

"I think we are all pretty frustrated. Tony took it to the fullest," he said. "But he's definitely right in the way the tire stuff has worked out. None of us really enjoy the way that we had to race.

"I think they could do a better job with the way that they approach the testing and things like that. As the sport has advanced, it seems like the tires haven't advanced as much as the rest of the sport."

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