NASCAR Cup Series – Race No. 13 – 400 laps / 600 miles
Charlotte Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) – Concord, N.C.
Fast Facts for May 24-25, 2025
Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Speedway Radials
Set limits: Cup: 1 set for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 13 sets for the race
(12 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-5284; Right-side — D-5222
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 2,263 mm (89.09 in.); Right-side — 2,277 mm (89.65 in.)
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 20 psi; Left Rear — 22 psi;
Right Front — 50 psi; Right Rear — 46 psi
Notes – Minor change to left-side tire for Cup cars at Charlotte: 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 Charlotte this week . . . Cup teams have run this right-side tire code at Las Vegas, Homestead, Darlington, Kansas and Texas already this season . . . this is the first time these teams have run this left-side tire code . . . compared to what was run on the Charlotte oval in 2024, this left-side features a compound update . . . this tire set-up came out of a Goodyear test at Charlotte on March 18-19 . . .teams (drivers) participating in that test were the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Chase Briscoe), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (William Byron) and Penske Racing Ford (Ryan Blaney) . . . with this 18-inch tire and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires.
Goodyear to run “Honor and Remember” sidewall at Charlotte: Since 2010, for one weekend per NASCAR season, Goodyear has changed the branding on the sidewall of its racing tires in a show of support for the United States military and fallen heroes. This being the 16th year of that program, the official tire supplier to NASCAR’s top three series will work with the “Honor and Remember” organization for the seventh straight year. The standard “Eagle” on the tires’ sidewall will be replaced by the Honor and Remember logo on all Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series tires at Charlotte Motor Speedway this week, as is part of the industry-wide effort known as “NASCAR Salutes.”
Honor and Remember is a national organization based out of Virginia that has a mission to “perpetually recognize the sacrifice of America’s military fallen service members and their families,” according to its website. The organization recognizes fallen military personnel from all wars or conflicts, and with those from all branches of service. They do so primarily by dedicating the specially designed Honor and Remember flag, which is intended to fly continuously as a tangible and visible reminder to all Americans of the lives lost in defense of our national freedoms.
Goodyear quote – Stu Grant, Goodyear’s general manager of global race tires: “This is a special weekend for the sport, as a part of the ‘NASCAR Salutes’ initiative on Memorial Day weekend. We will feature the ‘Honor and Remember’ logo on the sidewall of our tires as we pay tribute to our fallen soldiers who fought for our freedoms and ability to race in this great sport.”
NASCAR Xfinity Series – Race No. 13 – 200 laps / 300 miles
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series – Race No. 11 – 134 laps / 201 miles
Charlotte Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) – Concord, N.C.
Fast Facts for May 23-24, 2025
Tire: Goodyear Eagle 15-inch Speedway Radials
Set limits: Xfinity: 6 sets for the event;
Truck: 5 sets for the event
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-6110; Right-side — D-6130
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 2,225 mm (87.60 in.); Right-side — 2,250 mm (88.58 in.)
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 18 psi; Left Rear — 18 psi;
Right Front — 50 psi; Right Rear — 48 psi
Notes – Fourth straight Charlotte oval race on this tire set-up for Xfinity, Trucks: 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 Charlotte this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that teams in these two series have on the Charlotte oval since 2022 . . . this tire set-up was confirmed at a Goodyear test with Xfinity cars at Charlotte on March 18 . . . teams (drivers) participating in that test were the Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (Austin Hill), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Aric Almirola) and Haas Factory Team Ford (Sheldon Creed) . . . these teams have already run this left-side tire code at Las Vegas, Texas and Kansas (Trucks only) this season . . . they have also run this right-side code at Homestead, Darlington (Xfinity only) and Rockingham in 2025 . . . 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 on the Charlotte oval . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Goodyear to run “Honor and Remember” sidewall at Charlotte (see attached): Since 2010, for one weekend per NASCAR season, Goodyear has changed the branding on the sidewall of its racing tires in a show of support for the United States military and fallen heroes. This being the 16th year of that program, the official tire supplier to NASCAR’s top three series will work with the “Honor and Remember” organization for the seventh straight year. The standard “Eagle” on the tires’ sidewall will be replaced by the Honor and Remember logo on all Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series tires at Charlotte Motor Speedway this week, as is part of the industry-wide effort known as “NASCAR Salutes.”
Honor and Remember is a national organization based out of Virginia that has a mission to “perpetually recognize the sacrifice of America’s military fallen service members and their families,” according to its website. The organization recognizes fallen military personnel from all wars or conflicts, and with those from all branches of service. They do so primarily by dedicating the specially designed Honor and Remember flag, which is intended to fly continuously as a tangible and visible reminder to all Americans of the lives lost in defense of our national freedoms.
–Goodyear Racing —