2018 Atlanta - Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 - Pre Race Thread

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Sorry if it's already been touched, but smallest size field for a Cup event since...?
 
TIRE CODES

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Superspeedway Radials

Set limits:
Cup: 4 sets for practice, 1 set for qualifying/start of race and 11 sets for the race
Xfinity: 7 sets for the event

Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4680; Right-side -- D-4682

Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 2,222 mm (87.48 in.) Right-side -- 2,245 mm (88.39 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 19 psi; Left Rear -- 19 psi Right Front -- 50 psi; Right Rear -- 47 psi

Storyline - Goodyear brings multi-zone tread tire "home" to Atlanta: Goodyear will run its multi-zone tread right-side tire at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which is the track at which this tire debuted in 2013. The multi-zone tire features two distinct compounds across the same tread - the two-inch Endurance Zone that is tougher and can withstand more heat and wear, and the 10-inch outboard Traction Zone that offers more grip. Atlanta provides a tough challenge for tires with its abrasive track surface and long turns. With fall-off likely to be more than three seconds per lap over the course of a run, teams will often choose to "short-pit" in advance of a 50-lap fuel window to take advantage of fresh rubber. In the Cup Series, with 11 race sets of tires in addition to the qualifying set teams will start on, there will be a lot of pit stops. Being early in the season with the new pit rules (with one less crew member over the wall and the new pit gun) pit road will go a long way in deciding the race winner.

"Atlanta is unquestionably one of the toughest challenges we face from a tire standpoint," said Greg Stucker. "The first thing about Atlanta is the track surface, which is very abrasive. To go along with that, it is extremely fast with its long, sweeping turns. Bringing the multi-zone right-side to Atlanta is critical as the Traction Zone helps the cars grip that worn out surface, while the Endurance Zone adds heat resistance and some wear resistance to the inboard portion of the tread that takes the most abuse. The bottom line result of this is good, competitive racing. Tire management will come into play as some drivers will be faster earlier in the run, while others will conserve their tires and be faster later. That creates a lot of passing throughout the field."

Trucks ...

While teams in all three NASCAR Series will run the same right-side tire code (D-4682) at Atlanta this week, those in the Camping World Truck Series will run a different left-side code than those in the Cup and Xfinity Series.

This right-side tire code is a multi-zone tread tire with an two-inch inboard compound designed for heat resistance and a 10-inch outboard compound to give more grip. This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that Truck teams ran at Atlanta last season.
 
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dpkimmel2001 said:
Are you talking about the camera equipment? They have a Honda 3000 Generator for power and other equipment that hook up to those remote camera's at each of their locations. There's a lot that goes into us being able to watch these races week in, week out.
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Yep. That's what I thought it might be. I never thought they used generators though.
 
Pat said:
Yep. That's what I thought it might be. I never thought they used generators though.
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Yeah, there are two in that pic. One on each of the far ends away from the camera in the fence. I don't know what the 2nd one is for but then again, I don't know what is in those boxes. I can't recall seeing that much equipment at each of those locations before. Maybe something to do with it while they set everything up?
 
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Repave the damn thing. Talk about a gimmick, let’s make a racing surface so ****** it makes the race entirely pit strategy based. Not a big fan
 
Mispeedway15 said:
Repave the damn thing. Talk about a gimmick, let’s make a racing surface so ****** it makes the race entirely pit strategy based. Not a big fan
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That's what makes it great, its placing this into drivers hands because drivers are having to really drive the cars.

No repaving is needed and the even the drivers were shouting for it not be repaved. Or I watch the usual snoozefest in Michigan.
 
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