2018 Phoenix - Ticket Guardian 500(k) - Pre Race Thread

Note: All times are ET

Friday, March 9
12:35-1:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1 (Follow live)
2:05-2:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1 (Follow live)
4:05-4:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1 (Follow live)
5:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, FS1 (Follow live)

Press Pass (Watch live)
— 11:30 a.m.: Alex Bowman
— 11:45 a.m.: Kevin Harvick
— noon: Justin Allgaier, Brandon Jones and Matt Tifft
— 3 p.m.: Joey Logano
— 3:15 p.m.: Ryan Newman
— 3:30 p.m.: Kyle Busch
— 3:45 p.m.: Michael McDowell
— 6:30 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy Series qualifying
 
TIRE CODES

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Intermediate Radials

Set limits:
Cup: 4 sets for practice, 1 set for qualifying/start of race and 7 sets for race
Xfinity: 6 sets for the event

Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4664 Right-side -- D-4666

Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 2,224 mm (87.56 in.)
Right-side -- 2,244 mm (88.35 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 14 psi Left Rear -- 14 psi
Right Front -- 34 psi Right Rear -- 32 psi

Storyline - Combination of speedway, short track characteristics pose a challenge at Phoenix:
ISM Raceway is a mini speedway, but its one-mile length and three distinct corners make it race like a short track as well. Those factors pose a challenge for crew chiefs, in that they need to create as much aerodynamic advantage as they can, while at the same time keeping temperatures inside the engine compartment cool enough that they don't hurt the tires. Without adequate cooling, the combination of engine heat (with the front of the car being so tightly sealed off) and heavy braking can cause sustained heat over the course of a run that can damage the rubber in the bead area of the tire that seats up against the wheel. If that area weakens as a result, the tire will suffer an air loss.

"Teams really have to work hard at Phoenix to strike a balance between keeping their tires cool and sealing up the front of the car to get us much front downforce as possible," said Greg Stucker, Goodyear's director of racing. "While Phoenix has speedway characteristics, it sometimes requires heavy braking as well. With brakes operating at north of 1,000 degrees, that heat gets transferred directly onto the tire, which can cause what has come to be known as a 'melted bead.' What really happens is the rubber that encases the metal bead wires inside the tire degrades from that sustained heat, eventually causing an air loss."

Notes: Teams in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will run the same tire set-up at Phoenix this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that NASCAR teams have run at this track since the beginning of 2016 . . . Phoenix is the only track at which these teams run either of these two tire codes . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run liners in their tires at Phoenix.
 
Stenhouse in the wall coming into turn 3 on his first lap. Looks to me like they'll have to go to the backup. Right front at an unpleasant angle.

EDIT: Ricky says the brakes locked up.
 
I turned on practice expecting the track/facility to look completely different. It's still the Phoenix I know for 1 more race weekend....
 
I'm going to the race, one of my moms friends (my mom is a nurse at a school) husband works for CAT and gets hot passes of free, so he gives them to us. Judging by the wether here (I live on the other side of Phoenix) I don't think rain will be a issue.

I'm hopeful bowman wins, he would have won the 2016 fall race if it weren't for Busch:mad:
 
Get That 88 Up There !! said:
25 years ago today, Davey Allison wins for the last time
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....and that Miss Winston is Brooke Sealy who would go on to be Jeff Gordons first wife a year later in 1994.
 
StandOnIt said:
second Sunday in March @ 2:a.m. Daylight savings time.
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Every year I make the same journey from Long Beach Ca to Gainesville Fl and I lose 4 hours. Right now I'm about 200 miles west of San Antonio. It looks like the Chevys are running better this week. Larson, Elliot, and Bowman are running good.:)
 
Saturday, March 10
12:05-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series second practice, FS1 (Canada: TSN GO) (Follow live)
1:05 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1 (Canada: TSN GO) (Follow live)
2:30-3:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1 (Canada: TSN GO) (Follow live)
4 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series DC Solar 200, FOX (Canada: TSN 5) (200 laps, 200 miles) (Follow live)

Press Pass (Watch live)
— 6 p.m.: Post-Xfinity Series race
 
Musrat#2 said:
Why do I hate chase Elliot so much?
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I dunno why anyone would waste their time hating a complete stranger he's never met and who has no direct impact on his life.
Nitro Dude said:
Every year I make the same journey from Long Beach Ca to Gainesville Fl and I lose 4 hours.
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And FL is working to move to DST all year and stop 'falling back'. :D
Stewart Fan said:
Has any Roush driver ever torn up as many cars as Stenhouse Jr has?
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Travis Kvapil comes to mind.
 
Stewart Fan said:
Has any Roush driver ever torn up as many cars as Stenhouse Jr has?
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Ryan Reed the Roush driver in the Xfinity is having a current crashfest race with Stenhouse. One or both can be counted on in any given weekend to either knock themselves out or another driver. Stenhouse hasn't even made the race this weekend and is already in a backup.
 
He is keeping his average up 100%
last year Vegas

last year ISM "first lap"

And Yesterday "first lap"
 
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