Goodyear Tire Notes - Fast Facts for September 12-14, 2008
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series -- Race No. 27 -- Sylvania 300
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series -- Race No. 18 -- New Hampshire 200
New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-mile oval) -- Loudon, N.H.
Fast Facts for September 12-14, 2008
Tire:
Goodyear Eagle Intermediate Radials (Sprint Cup);
Goodyear Wrangler Intermediate Radials (Craftsman Truck)
Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,525, Right-side -- 1,525;
Nationwide: Left-side -- 575, Right-side -- 575
Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4174; Right-side -- D-4176
Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 87.4 in.; Right-side -- 88.7 in.
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 20 psi; Left Rear -- 20
psi;
Right Front -- 30 psi; Right Rear -- 30 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 15 psi; Left Rear -- 13
psi;
Right Front -- 30 psi; Right Rear -- 27 psi
Estimated Pit Window: Every 74-78 laps, based on fuel mileage (Sprint
Cup)
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Craftsman Truck Series will run the same tire codes at New Hampshire this weekend, though the Cup tires will be branded "Goodyear Eagle," while the Truck tires will be branded "Goodyear Wrangler" . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that Goodyear brought for teams in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series to run at New Hampshire earlier this season . . . also, teams in these two series ran this exact tire set-up last weekend -- Sprint Cup at Richmond and Craftsman Truck at Gateway . . . in addition to above-mentioned tracks, teams in NASCAR's top-three series have run this specific tire set-up at Phoenix, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Memphis and Milwaukee this season . . . as on most NASCAR mile-tracks, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at New Hampshire.
Testing update: Goodyear will test Daytona International Speedway with the No. 6 (David Ragan) and No. 15 (Paul Menard) NASCAR Sprint Cup teams next Tuesday and Wednesday (Sept. 16-17) . . . Goodyear's other scheduled tests looking ahead to the 2009 season include Indianapolis (Sept. 22-23 and Oct. 6-8) and Las Vegas (Dec. 10-11) . . . other upcoming tests to confirm 2008 race recommendations include Atlanta (Sept. 16) and Homestead (Oct. 14)
Contact: Mike Siberini -- 704-905-3309 (C).
