NASCAR Cup Series – All-Star Race
North Wilkesboro Speedway (0.625-mile oval) – North Wilkesboro, N.C.
Fast Facts for May 17-18, 2025
Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Speedway Radials
Set limits: Open teams — 2 sets for practice, 2 sets for qualifying and 4 sets for the Open race (2 race sets plus their 2 qualifying sets);(those advancing out of the Open will receive 5 additional sets for the All-Star race);
All-Star teams — 2sets for practice, 2 sets for qualifying, 3 sets for the heat (1 sticker and 2 from qualifying) and 5 sets for the All-Star race
Tire Codes: Prime — Left-side — D-5254; Right-side — D-5256
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 2,249 mm (88.54 in.); Right-side — 2,279 mm (89.72 in.)
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 12 psi; Left Rear — 12 psi;
Right Front — 26 psi; Right Rear — 24 psi
Notes – Cup teams on Bowman Gray/Martinsville tire set-up at North Wilkesboro: Being on the 18-inch bead diameter tire, NASCAR Cup teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Craftsman Truck Series at North Wilkesboro this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires Cup teams ran at Bowman Gray and Martinsville earlier this season . . . with this 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 brings white-lettered “wets” to North Wilkesboro: Goodyear will bring its 18-inch wet weather radial tires to North Wilkesboro for the NASCAR Cup cars, should NASCAR determine that conditions warrant . . . Cup teams will have a maximum of 4 sets of wet weather tires for the event . . . NASCAR Cup teams last ran the wet weather tire in competition at Chicago last July . . . they did previously run in the wet at North Wilkesboro in 2023 . . . 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.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series — Race No. 10 — 250 laps / 156 miles
North Wilkesboro Speedway (0.625-mile oval) – North Wilkesboro, N.C.
Fast Facts for May 16-17, 2025
Tire: Goodyear Eagle 15-inch Speedway Radials
Set limits: Truck: 5 sets for the event
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-6114; Right-side — D-6116
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 2,218 mm (87.32 in.); Right-side — 2,244 mm (88.35 in.)
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 12 psi; Left Rear — 12 psi;
Right Front — 28 psi; Right Rear — 26 psi
Notes – Third season on this tire set-up for Trucks at North Wilkesboro: Being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at North Wilkesboro this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that Truck teams ran at North Wilkesboro since 2023 . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, Truck teams will not run inner liners in their tires at North Wilkesboro.
Wet Weather Tires – White-lettered tires on hand: Goodyear will bring its 15-inch wet weather radials to North Wilkesboro for use by Craftsman Truck Series teams, should NASCAR decide that conditions warrant . . . Truck teams will have 3 sets of wets available for their event. . . Truck teams last ran in the wet at Martinsville in 2023 . . . 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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