Nascar Cup Series Championship Phoenix Pre Race Thread.
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Goodyear Tires Notes — Phoenix Raceway
NASCAR Cup Series teams will run a familiar Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setup at this weekend’s Championship Race, though it will mark the first time these tires have run at Phoenix Raceway.
After racing the prime and option tire setups at Phoenix in March, the Cup Series returns to a single tire specification for the season finale on the 1-mile dogleg oval. This tire setup has previously been used at several short tracks this year, most recently at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September. The right-side tire also ran last weekend at Martinsville Speedway, paired with a new left-side tire.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will finish their seasons on tried and tested tires, too. For Xfinity Series teams, this tire setup is the same as they ran at Phoenix in March and at World Wide Technology Raceway in September.
While the Truck Series didn’t race at Phoenix in the spring, teams have run this setup at four other short tracks this season: North Wilkesboro Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Richmond Raceway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
“Throughout the season, we have continued to refine our short track package to provide tires that deliver more lap time fall-off over the course of a run,” said Justin Fantozzi, Goodyear’s Director of Racing for the Americas. “The Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups we have brought for all three series have already been proven on the track this year, and the knowledge teams have gained with them will allow them to focus on their performance one last time this season.”
All three series will also have wet-weather tires available if required.
Fast Facts
NASCAR Cup Series
Race: NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (312 laps / 312 miles)
Track: Phoenix Raceway (1-mile oval)
Tire: Goodyear Racing Eagle
Tire Code: D-5254 left side, D-5256 right side
Previous Usage in 2025: Bowman Gray,
Martinsville-1, North Wilkesboro, Richmond, New Hampshire, Martinsville-2 (RS)
Tire Circumference: 2,249 mm (88.5 in.) left side, 2,279 (89.7 in.) right side
Recommended Minimum Inflation: LF – 14 psi, RF – 30 psi, LR – 14 psi, RR – 26 psi
Total Dry Weather Sets: 12 (7 new race / 1 qualifying transfer to race / 4 practice)
Total Wet Weather Sets: 4
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NASCAR Cup Series teams will run a familiar Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setup at this weekend’s Championship Race, though it will mark the first time these tires have run at Phoenix Raceway.
After racing the prime and option tire setups at Phoenix in March, the Cup Series returns to a single tire specification for the season finale on the 1-mile dogleg oval. This tire setup has previously been used at several short tracks this year, most recently at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September. The right-side tire also ran last weekend at Martinsville Speedway, paired with a new left-side tire.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will finish their seasons on tried and tested tires, too. For Xfinity Series teams, this tire setup is the same as they ran at Phoenix in March and at World Wide Technology Raceway in September.
While the Truck Series didn’t race at Phoenix in the spring, teams have run this setup at four other short tracks this season: North Wilkesboro Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Richmond Raceway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
“Throughout the season, we have continued to refine our short track package to provide tires that deliver more lap time fall-off over the course of a run,” said Justin Fantozzi, Goodyear’s Director of Racing for the Americas. “The Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups we have brought for all three series have already been proven on the track this year, and the knowledge teams have gained with them will allow them to focus on their performance one last time this season.”
All three series will also have wet-weather tires available if required.
Fast Facts
NASCAR Cup Series
Race: NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (312 laps / 312 miles)
Track: Phoenix Raceway (1-mile oval)
Tire: Goodyear Racing Eagle
Tire Code: D-5254 left side, D-5256 right side
Previous Usage in 2025: Bowman Gray,
Martinsville-1, North Wilkesboro, Richmond, New Hampshire, Martinsville-2 (RS)
Tire Circumference: 2,249 mm (88.5 in.) left side, 2,279 (89.7 in.) right side
Recommended Minimum Inflation: LF – 14 psi, RF – 30 psi, LR – 14 psi, RR – 26 psi
Total Dry Weather Sets: 12 (7 new race / 1 qualifying transfer to race / 4 practice)
Total Wet Weather Sets: 4
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I'll be driving down from Salt Lake City for my first visit to Phoenix! Current national NASCAR series track #9. I was already going to go to Vegas the following weekend for a big sprint car race and figured might as well tie this in as it could be the last championship here for a long time. While I do not like the one race crapshoot championship, I have always though that watching that play out at the track would be pretty fun.
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Go Briscoe!
I can't believe the final is this weekend. I remember like it was yesterday when I started the "How many days until the 2025 Daytona 500" thread. The year went by in a hurry.
I'm rooting for Briscoe and Hamlin. Would be cool to see Denny get the championship, he deserves to win it.
I'm rooting for Briscoe and Hamlin. Would be cool to see Denny get the championship, he deserves to win it.