NASCAR Cup Series – Race No. 3 – 95 laps / 228 miles
Circuit of The Americas – Austin, Tex.
Fast Facts for March 1-2, 2025
Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Road Course Radials
Set limits: Cup: 2 sets for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 6 sets for the race (5 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)
Tire Codes: D-5242 (same on all four tire positions)
Tire Circumference: 2,279 mm (89.72 in.)
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 20 psi; Right Front — 22 psi; Left Rear — 17 psi; Right Rear — 17 psi
Notes – New tire for Cup cars at COTA: Being on 18-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Cup teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Xfinity Series at Circuit of The Americas this weekend . . . this is the first time Cup teams have run this tire code, which will be run on all four corners of the car . . . compared to what was run at COTA last season, this tire features both compound (more tire wear and lap-time fall-off) and construction (update) changes … with the 18-inch tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires
Wet Weather Tires – Goodyear to bring white-lettered “wets” to COTA: Goodyear will bring its 18-inch wet weather radial tires to Circuit of The Americas for the NASCAR Cup cars, should NASCAR determine that conditions warrant . . . Cup teams will have a maximum of 6 sets of wet weather tires for the event . . . NASCAR Cup teams last ran a wet weather tire in competition on the Chicago street course last July . . . in addition to the obvious difference of a tread pattern versus Goodyear’s dry weather “slick” tires, the “Goodyear” and “Eagle” lettering on the sidewalls of the wet weather tires is white, not the standard yellow.
Goodyear quote – Stu Grant, Goodyear’s general manager of global race tires: “NASCAR teams will get a look at the re-designed Circuit of The Americas this weekend. COTA is an impressive facility and has been a welcomed addition to the schedule since it came on board four seasons ago. For the Cup cars, we have a new tire for this race so they will have additional practice to tune in their car set-ups.”
NASCAR Xfinity Series – Race No. 3 – 65 laps / 156 miles
Circuit of The Americas – Austin, Tex.
Fast Facts for February 28-March 1, 2025
Tire: Goodyear Eagle 15-inch Road Course Radials
Set limits: Xfinity: 6 sets for the event
Tire Code: D-6144 (same on all four tire positions)
Tire Circumference: 2,240 mm (88.19 in.)
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 20 psi; Right Front — 22 psi; Left Rear — 17 psi; Right Rear — 17 psi
Notes – Xfinity cars return to COTA on 2024 tire: Being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Xfinity Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at COTA this weekend . . . this is the same tire code (run on all four corners of the car) that these teams ran on this course last season . . . as on all NASCAR road courses, Xfinity teams will not run inner liners in their tires at COTA.
Wet Weather Tires – Goodyear to bring white-lettered “wets” to COTA: Goodyear will bring its 15-inch wet weather radials to COTA for use by teams in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, should NASCAR decide that conditions warrant . . . Xfinity teams will have 5 sets of wets available for their event, with a maximum of 4 sets for the race . . . Xfinity last ran in wet conditions at New Hampshire last June . . . in addition to the obvious difference of a tread pattern versus Goodyear’s dry weather “slick” tires, the “Goodyear” and “Eagle” lettering on the sidewalls of the wet weather tires is white, not the standard yellow.
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