This is the first race for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams on Kentucky’s re-paved and re-configured surface . . . while teams in all three NASCAR series in action at Kentucky this week will run the same left-side tire, Sprint Cup teams will run their own right-side tire . . . this tire set-up came based on the results of a NASCAR organizational test at Kentucky on June 13-14 . . . Sprint Cup teams ran this left-side tire code at Las Vegas earlier this season . . . this is the first time running this right-side code, which features the same construction as the Michigan right-side, but is a single compound tire with the same compound that was run on the inboard two inches of Michigan’s multi-zone tread right-side . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run liners in all four tire positions at Kentucky . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire (Goodyear), see tire codes, pressures, set limits and more on the Kentucky Race Info page
