Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying, and 11 sets for the race;
Nationwide: 7 sets for the event
Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-4522; Right-side — D-4408
Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 87.5 in. (2,224 mm);
Right-side — 88.4 in. (2,245 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front — 30 psi; Left Rear — 30 psi
Right Front — 48 psi; Right Rear — 45 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 22 psi; Left Rear — 20 psi;
Right Front — 45 psi; Right Rear — 42 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same tire codes at Fontana this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams have run at this track since 2012 . . . this right-side tire code (D-4408) has been run at Fontana since 2011, while this left-side tire code (D-4522) was introduced the following year . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Fontana . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)
Times are local to the Track
Friday, March 21
6:30 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
11:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
4:40 PM (7:40 PM/ET) NSCS QUALIFYING
Saturday, March 22
7:00 AM NNS GARAGE OPENS
9:30 AM - 10:25 AM NSCS PRACTICE
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
Sunday, March 23
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:25 AM NSCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
12:00 pm NSCS RACE
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, March 21, 3:00 - 4:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, March 22, 12:30 - 1:20 pm/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, March 22, 3:30 - 4:30pm/et, TV-FS1
Qualifying: groups for positions 1-36, Friday, March 21 at 7:35 pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled.