Posted on 05/06/2014 7:21:47 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 10 sets for the race
Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-4604; Right-side — D-4586
Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 87.52 in. (2,223 mm);
Right-side — 88.70 in. (2,253 mm)
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
Notes: While teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series will run the same left-side tire code (D-4604) at Kansas this week, they will run distinct right-side codes . . . in the Sprint Cup Series, this is the same left-side code that teams ran at Kansas lastOctober . . . this is the first time they have run this right-side code (D-4586) . . . this right-side is a single compound tread and features a slight change from what was run on the traction zone of last October’s multi-zone right-side at Kansas . . . this tire set-up came out of a Goodyear tire test at Kansas on April 14 . . . one team per Sprint Cup organization was invited to that test . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Kansas . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Yates talks about horsepower reduction:
Doug Yates from Roush Yates Racing Engines talks about what’s coming in regards to reduced horsepower for Cup teams:
Yates: So where we are today is reducing RPM, talking about taking 500 RPM away. Effectively, that reduces speed on the racetrack and goes along with making the parts last longer. Talking about roller cams. The Cup series is the only series that has a flat tappet cam. It is a really hard application and it is probably the only series in the world that has a flat tappet cam. It gets it more like Nationwide and Truck so the parts could be passed down and they would last longer. If we need to reduce power more, we’d do it through a reduced throttle body size, reducing the air flow through the throttle body. Those are the mechanisms that will be utilized to reduce power.
They are [also] looking at [limiting RPM] through gear ratios. We crossed that bridge years ago when we decided to limit the RPMs and they did it with the final drive ratio. It was a really good way to do it. If the engine will achieve more RPM because it is making more power or the driver gets off of the corner better and he achieves more RPM, then so be it. I think the final drive ratio is a good, easy-to-police way to get there. That is the adjustment they’ll make. They do the same thing today in Nationwide and Trucks based on the RPM range they want to run. That has been a good, effective way to run.
NASCAR has had more engagement with the engine building community than they ever have before. We’ve had five meetings now and Gene Stefanyshyn has done a great job leading those meetings. At first, it was a little bit of going through a process to get everyone to talk and open up. Our lives are about competition so those meetings, at first, were a bit of “I can outdo you on this.” Everybody has now settled in to try and achieve Brian France and NASCAR’s two initiatives of trying to improve racing through a reduction of horsepower and to try and figure out how to save some cost for the teams.”(Frontstretch)(5-7-2014)
Oh, you beat me to it, i was going to say I am over yonder.
adio TWS...
O.K.- I don’t have time right now (Granma fell last night) to research this mc caskill wench but I’ll bet if somebody checks we will find out that she has stolen WAY more that what the NG has spent.
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National Guard NASCAR sponsorship examined by Congress:
The National Guard spent $26.5 million to sponsor NASCAR racing in 2012 to bolster its marketing and recruitment but failed to sign up a single new soldier to its ranks, according to data provided to USA Today. Even though the Guard spent $88 million as a NASCAR sponsor from 2011 to 2013, it is unclear how many new recruits, if any, signed up because of it, according to documents. The Guard on Wednesday would not confirm the figures on prospects and recruits developed through its NASCAR sponsorship.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who will hold a hearing on the recruitment program Thursday, assailed the Guard for “wasting a bunch of money on a very expensive sports sponsorship.” The Guard received 24,800 recruiting prospects from the program in 2012, documents show. In those cases, potential recruits indicated the NASCAR affiliation prompted them to seek more information about joining. Of that group, only 20 met the Guard’s qualifications for entry into the service, and not one of them joined. In 2013, the number of prospects associated with NASCAR dropped to 7,500, according to briefing materials for the Senate subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight led by McCaskill.
The National Guard needs 1 million leads to meet its annual recruiting goal of 50,000 soldiers. The NASCAR initiative, along with the $38 million spent on an IndyCar racing sponsorship, over the same period, will be the target of the hearing led by McCaskill.
Rick Breitenfeldt, a National Guard spokesman, said 90% of Army National Guard soldiers who enlisted or re-enlisted from 2007 to 2013 indicated that they had been exposed to information about the service through NASCAR-related recruiting and retention materials. Sponsoring NASCAR and driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. puts the Guard’s name in front of 77 million fans, he said.(USA Today)(5-7-2014)
Sorry to hear this but I don’t think Junior would have any trouble replacing National Guard as a sponsor if need be.
I don’t either. He just bagged Nationwide Ins. last week.
My point is let’s look into the senator’s fund/spending/corruption habits.
I’ll wager it’s way more than this NG Sponsorship.
Last Saturday AM Downtown when We walked out of a Store. I asked if He wanted to trade for the "Truck from H&!!"
Answer was NO!
a raqtop must be as scarce as hen's teeth
That is a damn rare vehicle today. How many were produced?
Ron Hornaday got Rheemed on lap 1…
Ron Hornaday got Rheemed on lap 1…
Wow, the qual points were very good this week!
Are you referring to my Five (5) Q points or the 19 the cheaters got?
there were quite a few “cheaters.” I need to get in on this game. I was quite tickled with my 5 points, 2 weeks in a row now!
just got home, damn, i always liked Ron...
As of 1:16 PM CDT, some scattered showers may occur some time between 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT.
Thank you First_Salute!
Alright race fans. There are some minor storms showing up on the forecast over the next few hours. There are some storms coming off of the Rockies into the evening, but they seem to be moving to the NE quite a bit.
See you in a couple of hours!
Start yer engines!!!
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