Goodyear Tire Notes - Fast Facts for May 2-3, 2008
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series -- Race No. 10 -- Crown Royal 400
(Saturday, May 3 -- 7:00 p.m. ET -- TV: Fox)
NASCAR Nationwide Series -- Race No. 11 -- Circuit City 250
(Friday, May 2 -- 7:00 p.m. ET -- TV: ESPN 2)
Richmond International Raceway (0.75-mile oval) -- Richmond, Va.
Fast Facts for May 2-3, 2008
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Intermediate Radials
Number of Tires: Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,150, Right-side -- 1,150;
Nationwide Series: 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 95-100 laps, based on fuel mileage.
Notes: This is the same exact combination of left- and right-side tires that Goodyear brought for NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams to run at Phoenix three weeks ago . . . Nationwide teams also tested this set-up during an open test here in March . . . this is the first time teams have raced on this tire set-up at Richmond . . . in addition to Richmond and Phoenix, other NASCAR tracks at which this exact combination is scheduled to be run are New Hampshire, Milwaukee and Memphis . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Richmond.
Contact: Mike Siberini -- 704-905-3309 (C).
05/02/2008
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