NASCAR drivers can use an option tire when they take the track at Richmond on Aug. 11 for one of the last Cup Series races of the regular season. While appearing on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NASCAR’s senior vice president of completion Elton Sawyer explained the decision to use the option tire, which started at the All-Star Race. “We didn’t get exactly the result that we were hoping for at the All-Star Race. The test there was very encouraging,” Sawyer said. “…Fast forward, Goodyear did a test at Iowa in preparation for that event and also had the option tire there. Each of the teams that were te…