Goodyear Fast Facts - Homestead

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NASCAR Cup Series — Race No. 34 — 267 laps / 400.5 miles Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5-mile oval) — Homestead, Fla.

Fast Facts for October 26-27, 2024

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Speedway Radials

Set limits: Cup: 1 set for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 10 sets for the race (9 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)

Tire Codes: Left-side — D-5184; Right-side — D-5222

Tire Circumference: Left-side — 2,263 mm (89.09 in.); Right-side — 2,277 mm (89.65 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 18 psi; Left Rear — 18 psi; Right Front — 40 psi; Right Rear — 36 psi

Storyline — High wear and hot racing at Homestead: Homestead-Miami Speedway is one of the more high tire wear race tracks on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit.  The abrasive track surface, combined with the track configuration and progressive banking, makes for a lot of passing throughout the field and great racing.  Also, with 10 sets of tires for the 267-lap race, crews will be busy with four-tire stops all day, highlighting the team aspect of the sport.

"Tire wear is always the story at Homestead, and Cup teams will see more than two seconds of lap-time fall-off over the course of a run," said Greg Stucker, Goodyear‘s director of racing.  "At high wear tracks, drivers can impact their teams‘ fortunes by managing their tires.  Those that are easier on their tires early in a run can gain spots later because their fall-off will be less.  That difference in driving styles leads to more comers and goers and passing throughout the field."

Notes — Fourth Cup race on this tire set-up this season: Being on 18-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Cup teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series at Homestead this week . . . this is the same left-side tire code Cup teams have run at Homestead since 2022 . . . this right-side code is new in 2024 (construction update) . . . this is the same tire set-up Cup teams have run twice at Darlington and on the Charlotte oval this year . . . Cup teams have also run this right-side tire code with a different left-side code at Kansas, Las Vegas, Nashville, Pocono and Texas this season . . . with this 18-inch tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires.

NASCAR Xfinity Series — Race No. 31 — 200 laps / 300 miles NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series — Race No. 21 — 134 laps / 201 miles Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5-mile oval) — Homestead, Fla.

Fast Facts for October 25-26, 2024

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 15-inch Speedway Radials

Set limits: Xfinity: 6 sets for the event; Truck: 5 sets for the event

Tire Codes: Left-side — D-6106; Right-side — D-6130

Tire Circumference: Left-side — 2,225 mm (87.60 in.); Right-side — 2,250 mm (88.58 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 18 psi; Left Rear — 18 psi; Right Front — 45 psi; Right Rear — 42 psi

Notes — Xfinity, Truck teams return to Homestead on established tire set-up:  Being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at Homestead this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires teams in both of these series have run at Homestead since the beginning of 2022 . . . they ran this same tire set-up at Darlington earlier this year . . . this left-side tire code is especially popular, with teams in these two series running it with a different right-side code at Bristol (both series), Dover (Xfinity only), Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Xfinity only) and Pocono (both series) this season . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, Xfinity and Truck teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Homestead . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.

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