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Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Road Course Radials

Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 6 sets for the race;
Nationwide: 7 sets for the event

Tire Code: D-4590 (same on all four tire positions)

Tire Circumference: 88.58 in. (2,250 mm)

Technical Inspection Inflation — Both Series:
Left Front — 23 psi; Right Front — 23 psi;
Left Rear — 20 psi; Right Rear — 20 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation — Sprint Cup:
Left Front — 23 psi; Right Front — 21 psi;
Left Rear — 18 psi; Right Rear — 18 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation — Nationwide:
Left Front — 22 psi; Right Front — 20 psi;
Left Rear — 17 psi; Right Rear — 17 psi

Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same Goodyear tire code (D-4590) on all four tire positions at Watkins Glen . . . this is the same tire they ran at The Glen last season . . . the only change from 2013 is that in the Cup Series, the recommended air pressure on all four tires tires has been raised by one psi . . . Sprint Cup teams also ran this tire on the right-side at Martinsville in March . . . Nationwide teams also ran this tire on all four positions at Road America in June . . . as on all NASCAR road courses, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Watkins Glen.

Wet Weather Tires: Goodyear will also bring its wet weather radials (D-4215) to Watkins Glen for use by Nationwide Series teams only, should NASCAR decide that conditions warrant . . . Nationwide teams ran the wet weather tires at Road America in June.

K&N Pro Series East: Goodyear will also supply the tires for the K&N Pro Series East race at Watkins Glen this week . . . teams will run the same tire code (D-2265) on all four tire positions . . . this is also Goodyear’s right-side tire on short tracks, and is run at all road courses in the K&N East, K&N West and Canadian Tire Series . . . Goodyear will have 320 tires on hand at Watkins Glen . . . teams will get two sets for the event — one for practice and the other to qualify and race on.

EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)

Times are local to the Track

Thursday, August 7
6:00pm NSCS Haulers Enter

Friday, August 8
7:30am NSCS Garage Open
11:00am NSCS Rookie & Spotter Meetings & Random Drawing
12:30 - 2:00pm NSCS Practice
4:30 - 5:55pm NSCS Final Practice
8:00pm NSCS Garage Closes

Saturday, August 9
6:30am NSCS Garage Opens
11:40am NSCS Qualifying
3:00 pm NSCS Garage Closes

Sunday, August 10
7:00am NSCS Garage Opens
11:00am NSCS Driver / Crew Chief Meeting
12:30pm NSCS Driver Introductions
1:00pm NSCS Cheez-It 355 at The Glen

NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE

All times above are listed in LOCAL Time
PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage
(times in eastern time)

Practices:
Friday, August 8, 12:30 - 2:00pm/et, TV-FS1

Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Friday, August 8, 4:30 - 5:55am/et, TV-FS1

Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Saturday, August 9 at 11:40 am/et, TV-ESPN2, no re-air scheduled.