NASCAR Cup Series — Race No. 1 — 200 laps / 500 miles
Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) — Daytona Beach, Fla.

Fast Facts for February 14-18, 2024

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Superspeedway Radials

Set limits: Cup: 7 sets for practice/qualifying/Duel, and 8 sets for the race (7 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)

Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-5142;
Right-side — D-5116

Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 2,274 mm (89.53 in.);
Right-side — 2,280 mm (89.76 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 28 psi; Left Rear — 28 psi;
Right Front — 52 psi; Right Rear — 50 psi

Storyline — Goodyear building off 70 years of NASCAR involvement: Last season was Goodyear‘s 70th season of continued involvement in NASCAR, and it is with all that experience that we kick off the 2024 season.  From a tire standpoint, pit strategy at Daytona International Speedway is the biggest factor.  With the Daytona 500 being 200 laps around the two-and-a-half-mile superspeedway, Cup teams will employ four-tire, two-tire and fuel only stops at different points of the race.  One consideration teams will make when coming into the pits is how to line up and stop with their teammates, so they can quickly line back up on the track and get into a draft.

“We have a long history in NASCAR and, obviously, a long history of building tires for the Daytona 500,” said Greg Stucker, Goodyear‘s director of racing.  “Superspeedway strategy dictates that teams pit together with teammates or others they are working with, and this tire package enables that to happen.  Because tire wear is not a major factor in superspeedway racing, teams can mix in fuel only or two-tire stops, depending on the stint.”

Notes — Cup teams return on Daytona/Talladega tire set-up: Being on 18-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Cup teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series at Daytona this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires Cup teams have run at Daytona since the beginning of 2022. . . they have also run this same tire set-up for their last four races at Talladega over that time . . . with this 18-inch bead diameter tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires.

Goodyear Blimp — Florida-based airship over Daytona all weekend: “Wingfoot Two” is scheduled to be in the air over Daytona International Speedway for all the NASCAR races this week . . . this airship is based out of Pompano Beach, Fla. . . . Wingfoot Two is scheduled to provide aerial coverage of the NASCAR Cup Duels on Thursday, NASCAR Craftsman Truck race on Friday, Xfinity race on Saturday and the Daytona 500 on Sunday for Fox Sports.

NASCAR Xfinity Series — Race No. 1 — 120 laps / 300 miles
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series — Race No. 1 — 100 laps / 250 miles
Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) — Daytona Beach, Fla.

Fast Facts for February 15-17, 2024

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 15-inch Superspeedway Radials

Set limits: Xfinity: 4 sets for the event;
Craftsman Truck: 4 sets for the event

Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-6102;
Right-side — D-6104

Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 2,229 mm (87.76 in.);
Right-side — 2,250 mm (88.58 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 26 psi; Left Rear — 26 psi;
Right Front — 50 psi; Right Rear — 48 psi

Notes — Xfinity, Truck teams on established Daytona tire set-up: Being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at Daytona this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires these teams have run at both Daytona and Talladega since the beginning of 2022 . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, Xfinity and Truck teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Daytona . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.

— Goodyear Racing —

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