Homestead-Miami Pre-Race Thread

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38 entries for Cup race at Homestead. 15-Grala 16-Allmendinger 44-Yeley 66-Finchum

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Goodyear Fast Facts — Homestead​

NASCAR Cup Series — Race No. 34 – 267 laps / 400.5 miles Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5-mile oval) – Homestead, Fla.
Fast Facts for October 26-27, 2024

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Speedway Radials

Set limits: Cup: 1 set for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 10 sets for the race (9 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)

Tire Codes: Left-side — D-5184; 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 — 18 psi; Left Rear — 18 psi; Right Front — 40 psi; Right Rear — 36 psi

Storyline – High wear and hot racing at Homestead: Homestead-Miami Speedway is one of the more high tire wear race tracks on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit. The abrasive track surface, combined with the track configuration and progressive banking, makes for a lot of passing throughout the field and great racing. Also, with 10 sets of tires for the 267-lap race, crews will be busy with four-tire stops all day, highlighting the team aspect of the sport.

“Tire wear is always the story at Homestead, and Cup teams will see more than two seconds of lap-time fall-off over the course of a run,” said Greg Stucker, Goodyear’s director of racing. “At high wear tracks, drivers can impact their teams’ fortunes by managing their tires. Those that are easier on their tires early in a run can gain spots later because their fall-off will be less. That difference in driving styles leads to more comers and goers and passing throughout the field.”

Notes – Fourth Cup race on this tire set-up this season: 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 Homestead this week . . . this is the same left-side tire code Cup teams have run at Homestead since 2022 . . . this right-side code is new in 2024 (construction update) . . . this is the same tire set-up Cup teams have run twice at Darlington and on the Charlotte oval this year . . . Cup teams have also run this right-side tire code with a different left-side code at Kansas, Las Vegas, Nashville, Pocono and Texas 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.
 
Jorge De Guzman said:
I've been championing this for like two years. But no one listens to my podcast I guess.... I hope the championship race rotates I think that'd be the chicken salad to this chicken $hit of a points format.
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Or… a championship round at those 3 tracks. That would turn the dumpster fire format into just a dumpster.
 
Efisher131 said:
Or… a championship round at those 3 tracks. That would turn the dumpster fire format into just a dumpster.
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Maybe the championship 4 should start last in the championship race. Make it challenging. Make them fight traffic etc. Start off on equal footing, no clean air.
 
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