Goodyear Tire Notes - Fast Facts for October 9-11, 2008
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series -- Race No. 31 -- Bank of America 500
NASCAR Nationwide Series -- Race No. 31 -- Dollar General 300
Lowe's Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) -- Concord, N.C.
Fast Facts for October 9-11, 2008
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,475, Right-side -- 1,475;
Nationwide: Left-side -- 575, Right-side -- 575
Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4128; Right-side -- D-4130
Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 87.4 in.; Right-side -- 88.7 in.
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 30 psi; Left Rear -- 30
psi;
Right Front -- 55 psi; Right Rear -- 50 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 30 psi; Left Rear -- 30
psi;
Right Front -- 54 psi; Right Rear -- 50 psi
Estimated Pit Window: Every 50-55 laps, based on fuel mileage
Notes: Teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will be running the same tire codes this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that teams in these two series ran at Charlotte in May . . . Charlotte is the only track at which this left-side tire code (D-4128) will be run in 2008 . . . this right-side code (D-4130) was run with a different left-side at Darlington earlier this season . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one-mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Charlotte . . . air pressure in those inner lines should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Testing update: Goodyear held its second recent tire test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this past Monday and Tuesday . . . teams that participated were the No. 07, 1, 5, 9, 17, 20, 26, 29, 38, 41, 43, 44 and 84 . . . the test was scheduled to continue on Wednesday, but rain cancelled all on-track activity . . . this was a follow-up to the test held with the No. 45 Petty Enterprises Dodge at IMS on Sept. 22-23 . . . other tire tests upcoming include include a 2008 confirmation test at Homestead (Oct. 14) and one looking ahead to the 2009 season at Las Vegas (Dec. 10-11).
