For the second consecutive week, Goodyear will bring the same tire setup for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway (7 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Cup Series teams will have the same Goodyear Racing Eagle left- and right-side tire combinations used in last weekend’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This will be the sixth time this tire compound has appeared this season, all at intermediate-style tracks: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Kansas Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Charlotte.
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“One of our main goals at concrete tracks like Nashville is to rubber in the racing surface,” said Rick Heinrich, Goodyear NASCAR product manager. “Concrete surfaces always present a challenge when it comes to taking rubber, so we design the tread compounds to do that as quickly and consistently as possible. This will be the sixth race this season that teams use this setup designed for intermediate tracks, and we’ve been pleased with its performance at similar high-speed ovals.”
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams will have a slightly different tire setup, with the left-side tires from Charlotte and right-side tires from Dover Motor Speedway set for use in Music City.
Meeting the standard for 1-mile tracks or longer, the 15-inch Goodyear tires will also feature inner liners.
Tire allotments for each team competing this weekend:
- Cup Series: 11 total sets — 9 new sets for the race, 1 for qualifying, which transfers to the race, and 1 for practice.
- O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: 5 total sets — 3 new sets for the race, 1 for qualifying, which transfers to the race, and 1 for practice.
- Craftsman Truck Series: 5 total sets — 3 new sets for the race, 1 for qualifying, which transfers to the race, and 1 for practice.