GOODYEAR TIRE NOTES
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series -- Race No. 5 – Auto Club 400
NASCAR Xfinity Series -- Race No. 5 – Drive4Clots.com 300
Auto Club Speedway (2.0-mile oval) – Fontana, Calif.
Fast Facts for March 20-22, 2015
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Set limits: Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 12 sets for the race;
Xfinity: 8 sets for the event
Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4636 Right-side -- D-4408
Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 87.56 in. Right-side -- 88.43 in.
(2,224 mm) (2,246 mm)
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front -- 22 psi Right Front -- 45 psi
Left Rear -- 20 psi Right Rear -- 42 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series will run the same tire set-up at Fontana this week . . . while this is the first time these teams have run this left-side tire code (D-4636), they have run this right-side code (D-4408) at this track since 2011 . . . compared to what was run at Fontana last year, this left-side tire features a slight construction change, and a compound change to enhance grip . . . Goodyear held a tire test at Fontana last October 28-29 . . . teams and drivers participating in that test were the No. 6 Roush Fenway Ford with Trevor Bayne, No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with Kyle Larson, No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota with Brian Vickers and No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet with Martin Truex Jr. . . . 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.
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