Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,300, Right-side -- 1,300;
Nationwide: Left-side -- 550, Right-side -- 550
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice and qualifying, and 10 sets for the race;
Nationwide: 6 sets for the event
Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4404;
Right-side -- D-4526
Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.2 in. (2,215 mm);
Right-side -- 88.5 (2,248 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 26 psi; Left Rear -- 26 psi;
Right Front -- 42 psi; Right Rear -- 40 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 20 psi; Left Rear -- 18 psi;
Right Front -- 41 psi; Right Rear -- 38 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same tire codes at Bristol this weekend . . . while these teams have run this left-side tire code (D-4404) at Bristol since August 2010, this is a brand new right-side code (D-4526) . . . compared to what was run at Bristol last August, this right-side features the same compound with a construction change . . . this tire combination came out of a Goodyear test at Bristol on September 27-28, 2011 . . . participating in that test were Marcos Ambrose in the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford, Jamie McMurray in the Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, Casey Mears in the No. 13 Germain Racing Toyota and Regan Smith in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet . . . unlike on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, on which teams generally do not run inner liners in their tires, teams are required to run liners in their right-side tires only at Bristol . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,300, Right-side -- 1,300;
Nationwide: Left-side -- 550, Right-side -- 550
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice and qualifying, and 10 sets for the race;
Nationwide: 6 sets for the event
Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4404;
Right-side -- D-4526
Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.2 in. (2,215 mm);
Right-side -- 88.5 (2,248 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 26 psi; Left Rear -- 26 psi;
Right Front -- 42 psi; Right Rear -- 40 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 20 psi; Left Rear -- 18 psi;
Right Front -- 41 psi; Right Rear -- 38 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same tire codes at Bristol this weekend . . . while these teams have run this left-side tire code (D-4404) at Bristol since August 2010, this is a brand new right-side code (D-4526) . . . compared to what was run at Bristol last August, this right-side features the same compound with a construction change . . . this tire combination came out of a Goodyear test at Bristol on September 27-28, 2011 . . . participating in that test were Marcos Ambrose in the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford, Jamie McMurray in the Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, Casey Mears in the No. 13 Germain Racing Toyota and Regan Smith in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet . . . unlike on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, on which teams generally do not run inner liners in their tires, teams are required to run liners in their right-side tires only at Bristol . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Some Chassis Selections by Teams for this race
Chassis selections for Bristol: see the list of many teams and what chassis were selected by the team to run at Bristol Motor Speedway:
MISSING? why are some teams missing? like the #11, #24, #56 or others? those teams do not report what chassis in the race previews or prs.
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin "Bono" Manion and the #1 McDonald's team will be bring Chassis #1106 to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. This chassis competed in both races at Kansas Speedway (finishing 29th and 22nd) as well as Atlanta Motor Speedway (finishing 16th).
#2-Brad Keselowski: and the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger team will race chassis PRS-813 during Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS). This is a new chassis to the #2 fleet.
#5-Kasey Kahne: crew chief Kenny Francis has chosen Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-696. Kahne piloted the car during an electronic fuel injection test at Charlotte Motor Speedway last October.
#9-Marcos Ambrose: The #9 RPM team has prepared chassis No. 743 for this weekend's race at Bristol Motor Speedway. This Mac Tools Ford was previously run last season at several intermediate tracks.
#10-David Reutimann will pilot chassis No. 802. Blaney drove the chassis last season at Bristol, Phoenix, Vegas, Chicago, Charlotte and Kansas. Geoffrey Bodine also drove the chassis at Homestead and Texas last season.
#14-Tony Stewart: Chassis No. 14-535 debuted at Phoenix in April 2009. After only being tested in the wind tunnel, Chassis No. 14-535 hit the racetrack in impressive fashion, as Stewart used it to qualify sixth and led once for 19 laps before finishing second. Chassis No. 14-535 returned to another flat track in June at New Hampshire, but its time on the racetrack was short after it crashed in practice. It was repaired with new front and rear clips for its return trip to New Hampshire in September where it led four times for 52 laps before a loose axle cap forced an unscheduled pit stop, which resulted in a 14th-place finish. The November trek to Phoenix marked the car's third career start, where it qualified eighth and finished 25th when it was caught up in a multi-car accident on lap 171 of the 312-lap race. With a new body, Chassis No. 14-535 returned to Phoenix in April 2010. It qualified 11th and finishing 23rd. The car was quickly turned around and tested April 26 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga. It sat idle until coming back to Phoenix in November, where it qualified 20th and ran as high as fourth before falling to 17th in a race dictated by fuel mileage. Chassis No. 14-535 spent all of 2011 as a backup and never turned a wheel on the racetrack. With a brand-new body and updated underpinnings, Chassis No. 14-535 will make its sixth career start and first in more than a year at Bristol Motor Speedway.
#15-Clint Bowyer: The 5-hour ENERGY team will race chassis No. 724 at Bristol. Chassis No. 718 will serve as the backup. Chassis 718 also served as the backup in Phoenix. Both chassis are new in 2012.
#16-Greg Biffle: is racing primary chassis RK-749 which last ran Texas and finished fifth. The backup chassis is RK-759 which last ran Phoenix in 2011 as the #6 and finished 33rd.
#17-Matt Kenseth: will run primary chassis RK-802 which is a brand new chassis. Kenseth will pilot the #17 Best Buy Ford Fusion.
#18-Kyle Busch: Chassis No. 322 is a brand new chassis that will make its race debut in Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
#22-A.J. Allmendinger and his Todd Gordon-led Penske Racing #22 Team will be racing their "PRS-815" Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Charger in this weekend's Food City 500 action at Bristol Motor Speedway. This is a brand new car and Friday's opening practice will be the first time it has been on a race track. The "PRS-807" is the backup Dodge Charger for the "Double-Deuce" team. It was in the transporter serving as the backup at Phoenix, but has never seen any track time.
#27-Paul Menard will pilot Chassis No. 347 from the RCR stable. This #27 Menards / Moen Chevy was last seen on track at Pocono in August 2011, where Menard started seventh and drove it to a 10th-place finish. Menard also drove this Chevy at Pocono in June when he started second and finished 14th, at Dover International Speedway in May where he brought home a 24th-place result and at Auto Club Speedway where he finished 16th.
#29-Kevin Harvick: will utilize Chassis No. 340 from the Richard Childress Racing stable for Sunday's race. This Budweiser Chevy was raced four times in 2011 by the #33 team, scoring a ninth-place finish at Martinsville in April and a sixth-place finish at Richmond that same month.
#31-Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 359 from the RCR stable this weekend. This #31 BB&T Chevy was utilized three times last season including, Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600 (started-fifth, finished-21st), Pocono in August (started-eighth, finished-17th) and Dover in October (started-13th, finished-11th).
#33-Brendan Gaughan: will pilot Chassis No. 325 from the RCR stable. This RCR racer was last seen as a #29 entry that scored a third-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2010 and a 17th-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2011. Gaughan's #33 South Point Hotel & Casino team will utilize RCR teammate Austin Dillon's pit crew. The pit crew will service the #3 AdvoCare Chevy during Saturday's Nationwide Series event and then head to the Sprint Cup Series garage to pit the #33 Chevy on Sunday.
#36-Dave Blaney will pilot chassis No. 100, which the team bought from Red Bull Racing.
#39-Ryan Newman Chassis No. 39-655 only has one start to its credit last season's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Newman was making a run on the top-10 when he got tangled in a multi-car melee on lap 303. The accident forced Newman to take his No. 39 to the garage for extensive repairs. He returned to the track more than 40 laps down and finished the race in 31st. Since the incident at Charlotte, the car has undergone extensive work and updates in the shop in preparation for its 2012 debut this weekend at Bristol.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: crew chief Chris 'Sunshine' Heroy and the #42 Target team will be racing chassis #1111 to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. This chassis made its debut in last season's finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leading two laps and finishing 31st after an accident put the #42 four laps down.
#43-Aric Almirola:: The #43 Charter Communications Ford will be chassis number 710. This is the same chassis that raced at Bristol in the fall and finished 12th. The colors of Charter Communications will debut on the Richard Petty Motorsports #43 this weekend as the primary sponsor. Charter, the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, is a yearlong associate sponsor for the organization.
#48-Jimmie Johnson: Chassis No. 650 serves as the primary for Johnson at Bristol. Chassis No. 590 serves as the backup.
#51-Kurt Busch Chassis No. 665 will be the second race of the 2012 season for this chassis, which was built in June 2011. This car is the same one with which Kurt Busch raced at Phoenix two weeks ago, when he scored a 15th-place finish after starting 19th. The team tested this chassis in January at Nashville Superspeedway during a two-day session in preparation for the upcoming season.
#55-Brian Vickers: The #55 Aaron's Dream Machine is racing a new MWR chassis (No. 722) in Bristol this weekend.
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.: crew chief Steve Letarte and the #88 team will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-657. Earnhardt most recently raced this chassis to a 24th-place finish at Dover last September.
#99-Carl Edwards the #99 Cheez-It team will be unloading chassis RK-788 at Bristol, which last ran Dover in Oct. and finished 3rd.
Chassis selections for Bristol: see the list of many teams and what chassis were selected by the team to run at Bristol Motor Speedway:
MISSING? why are some teams missing? like the #11, #24, #56 or others? those teams do not report what chassis in the race previews or prs.
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin "Bono" Manion and the #1 McDonald's team will be bring Chassis #1106 to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. This chassis competed in both races at Kansas Speedway (finishing 29th and 22nd) as well as Atlanta Motor Speedway (finishing 16th).
#2-Brad Keselowski: and the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger team will race chassis PRS-813 during Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS). This is a new chassis to the #2 fleet.
#5-Kasey Kahne: crew chief Kenny Francis has chosen Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-696. Kahne piloted the car during an electronic fuel injection test at Charlotte Motor Speedway last October.
#9-Marcos Ambrose: The #9 RPM team has prepared chassis No. 743 for this weekend's race at Bristol Motor Speedway. This Mac Tools Ford was previously run last season at several intermediate tracks.
#10-David Reutimann will pilot chassis No. 802. Blaney drove the chassis last season at Bristol, Phoenix, Vegas, Chicago, Charlotte and Kansas. Geoffrey Bodine also drove the chassis at Homestead and Texas last season.
#14-Tony Stewart: Chassis No. 14-535 debuted at Phoenix in April 2009. After only being tested in the wind tunnel, Chassis No. 14-535 hit the racetrack in impressive fashion, as Stewart used it to qualify sixth and led once for 19 laps before finishing second. Chassis No. 14-535 returned to another flat track in June at New Hampshire, but its time on the racetrack was short after it crashed in practice. It was repaired with new front and rear clips for its return trip to New Hampshire in September where it led four times for 52 laps before a loose axle cap forced an unscheduled pit stop, which resulted in a 14th-place finish. The November trek to Phoenix marked the car's third career start, where it qualified eighth and finished 25th when it was caught up in a multi-car accident on lap 171 of the 312-lap race. With a new body, Chassis No. 14-535 returned to Phoenix in April 2010. It qualified 11th and finishing 23rd. The car was quickly turned around and tested April 26 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga. It sat idle until coming back to Phoenix in November, where it qualified 20th and ran as high as fourth before falling to 17th in a race dictated by fuel mileage. Chassis No. 14-535 spent all of 2011 as a backup and never turned a wheel on the racetrack. With a brand-new body and updated underpinnings, Chassis No. 14-535 will make its sixth career start and first in more than a year at Bristol Motor Speedway.
#15-Clint Bowyer: The 5-hour ENERGY team will race chassis No. 724 at Bristol. Chassis No. 718 will serve as the backup. Chassis 718 also served as the backup in Phoenix. Both chassis are new in 2012.
#16-Greg Biffle: is racing primary chassis RK-749 which last ran Texas and finished fifth. The backup chassis is RK-759 which last ran Phoenix in 2011 as the #6 and finished 33rd.
#17-Matt Kenseth: will run primary chassis RK-802 which is a brand new chassis. Kenseth will pilot the #17 Best Buy Ford Fusion.
#18-Kyle Busch: Chassis No. 322 is a brand new chassis that will make its race debut in Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
#22-A.J. Allmendinger and his Todd Gordon-led Penske Racing #22 Team will be racing their "PRS-815" Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Charger in this weekend's Food City 500 action at Bristol Motor Speedway. This is a brand new car and Friday's opening practice will be the first time it has been on a race track. The "PRS-807" is the backup Dodge Charger for the "Double-Deuce" team. It was in the transporter serving as the backup at Phoenix, but has never seen any track time.
#27-Paul Menard will pilot Chassis No. 347 from the RCR stable. This #27 Menards / Moen Chevy was last seen on track at Pocono in August 2011, where Menard started seventh and drove it to a 10th-place finish. Menard also drove this Chevy at Pocono in June when he started second and finished 14th, at Dover International Speedway in May where he brought home a 24th-place result and at Auto Club Speedway where he finished 16th.
#29-Kevin Harvick: will utilize Chassis No. 340 from the Richard Childress Racing stable for Sunday's race. This Budweiser Chevy was raced four times in 2011 by the #33 team, scoring a ninth-place finish at Martinsville in April and a sixth-place finish at Richmond that same month.
#31-Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 359 from the RCR stable this weekend. This #31 BB&T Chevy was utilized three times last season including, Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600 (started-fifth, finished-21st), Pocono in August (started-eighth, finished-17th) and Dover in October (started-13th, finished-11th).
#33-Brendan Gaughan: will pilot Chassis No. 325 from the RCR stable. This RCR racer was last seen as a #29 entry that scored a third-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2010 and a 17th-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2011. Gaughan's #33 South Point Hotel & Casino team will utilize RCR teammate Austin Dillon's pit crew. The pit crew will service the #3 AdvoCare Chevy during Saturday's Nationwide Series event and then head to the Sprint Cup Series garage to pit the #33 Chevy on Sunday.
#36-Dave Blaney will pilot chassis No. 100, which the team bought from Red Bull Racing.
#39-Ryan Newman Chassis No. 39-655 only has one start to its credit last season's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Newman was making a run on the top-10 when he got tangled in a multi-car melee on lap 303. The accident forced Newman to take his No. 39 to the garage for extensive repairs. He returned to the track more than 40 laps down and finished the race in 31st. Since the incident at Charlotte, the car has undergone extensive work and updates in the shop in preparation for its 2012 debut this weekend at Bristol.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: crew chief Chris 'Sunshine' Heroy and the #42 Target team will be racing chassis #1111 to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. This chassis made its debut in last season's finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leading two laps and finishing 31st after an accident put the #42 four laps down.
#43-Aric Almirola:: The #43 Charter Communications Ford will be chassis number 710. This is the same chassis that raced at Bristol in the fall and finished 12th. The colors of Charter Communications will debut on the Richard Petty Motorsports #43 this weekend as the primary sponsor. Charter, the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, is a yearlong associate sponsor for the organization.
#48-Jimmie Johnson: Chassis No. 650 serves as the primary for Johnson at Bristol. Chassis No. 590 serves as the backup.
#51-Kurt Busch Chassis No. 665 will be the second race of the 2012 season for this chassis, which was built in June 2011. This car is the same one with which Kurt Busch raced at Phoenix two weeks ago, when he scored a 15th-place finish after starting 19th. The team tested this chassis in January at Nashville Superspeedway during a two-day session in preparation for the upcoming season.
#55-Brian Vickers: The #55 Aaron's Dream Machine is racing a new MWR chassis (No. 722) in Bristol this weekend.
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.: crew chief Steve Letarte and the #88 team will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-657. Earnhardt most recently raced this chassis to a 24th-place finish at Dover last September.
#99-Carl Edwards the #99 Cheez-It team will be unloading chassis RK-788 at Bristol, which last ran Dover in Oct. and finished 3rd.
