This time, groups do have some expertise on the tire, because it was utilized in latest races at North Wilkesboro and final weekend at Iowa Speedway.
One yr in the past, NASCAR and Goodyear used the New Hampshire race to debut a brand new softer tire compound within the Cup Collection.
The change took place following a gathering amongst Cup drivers, NASCAR officers and Goodyear representatives during which completely different choices had been explored to enhance the racing product with the Subsequent Gen automotive.
The New Hampshire change noticed blended outcomes, there seemed to be extra passing within the discipline, however Martin Truex Jr. dominated the race, main 254 of the 30 laps on his strategy to the win.
NASCAR continues to have a look at methods to enhance the racing on tracks round 1-mile and size and fewer and Goodyear will attempt one other change on the 1.058-mile monitor this weekend.
This weekend, Goodyear has a brand new set-up that has built-in elevated tread thickness, which is designed to maintain extra warmth within the tires and result in extra fall-off over the course of a run.
In concept, as lap occasions fall off, it might result in extra comers and goers and thus extra passing all through the sector.
“NASCAR groups have at all times been in a seek for grip at Loudon,” stated Greg Stucker, Goodyear’s director of racing. “We’ve made a pair changes for our tire set-up for this monitor over the previous year-plus, as we proceed to work on the brief monitor racing package deal.
“After including extra grip at Loudon in 2023 with a tread compound change, we’ve rolled in a change that we have now on the entire brief tracks for this season by growing the tread gage. That transfer helps the tire preserve extra warmth over a run which can, in flip, result in extra fall-off and extra passing.”
With rain doable this weekend, Goodyear may also deliver its moist climate tires to New Hampshire.
Cup groups could have a most of 4 units of moist climate tires for the occasion. Groups final ran a moist climate tire in competitors at Richmond in April.
