Phoenix #1 Pre-Race Thread

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She got in a lap or two in ARCA at Daytona and the whole practice so Nascar decided she could race in Cup at Phoenix.

 
2 sets of soft “OPTION” tires for this race. This tire was run at North Wilkesboro and at the second Richmond race last season.

NASCAR Cup Series — Race No. 4 – 312 laps / 312 miles

Phoenix Raceway (1.0-mile oval) – Avondale, Ariz.

Fast Facts for March 7-9, 2025

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Speedway Radials

Set limits: Cup, Prime – 1 set for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 7 sets for the race (6 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying);

Cup, Option – 1 set for practice and 2 sets for the race

Tire Codes: Prime: Left-side — D-5208; Right-side — D-5220

Option: Left-side — D-5224; Right-side — D-5226

Tire Circumference (both Prime & Option): Left side — 2,249 mm (88.54 in.); Right side — 2,279 mm (89.72 in)

Minimum Recommended Inflation (both Prime & Option): Left-Front — 14 psi; Left-Rear — 14 psi; Right Front — 30 psi; Right Rear — 26 psi

Notes – Cup teams have both “Prime” and “Option” tire set-ups at Phoenix: Being on the 18-inch bead diameter tire, NASCAR Cup teams will run different tire set-ups than those in the Xfinity Series at Phoenix this week . . . similar to the 2025 All-Star race at North Wilkesboro in May and the points-paying Richmond-2 in August, Cup teams will have both “Prime” and “Option” tire set-ups available this weekend . . . on the Prime set-up, this same combination of left- and right-side tires was run at Iowa, New Hampshire, North Wilkesboro, Phoenix-2 and Richmond-2 last season . . . on the Option set-up, these are the same two Goodyear tire codes that Cup teams ran at both North Wilkesboro and Richmond-2 last season . . . with this 18-inch tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires.

Wet Weather Tires – Goodyear brings white-lettered “wets” to Phoenix: Goodyear will bring its 18-inch wet weather radial tires to Phoenix for the NASCAR Cup cars, should NASCAR determine that conditions warrant . . . Cup teams will have a maximum of 4 sets of wet weather tires for the event . . . NASCAR Cup teams last ran the wet weather tire in competition at Chicago in July . . . in addition to the obvious difference of a tread pattern versus Goodyear’s dry weather “slick” tires, the “Goodyear” and “Eagle” lettering on the sidewalls of the wet weather tires is white, not the standard yellow.

Goodyear quote – Stu Grant, Goodyear’s general manager of global race tires: “Phoenix has been an important track, with it being the site of championship weekend for the past several years. This weekend we continue with the development of the short track package for the Cup Series, and we will have an Option tire as part of the racing. We quite successfully ran an Option twice last season so we now get a look at it on a racy, one mile track. Cup teams will have two sets of Options for the race so we’ll see, like at the second Richmond race last season, how teams will deploy them to best maximize their strategy.”
 
Charlie Spencer said:
She's not running for X or Truck points, so might as well collect Cup points.
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Oh, OK thanks. I didn't realize that a driver can get points driving for a team without a charter. I had to use Google, but apparently teams without a charter also can get points. Always learning something new about this point system.
 
Anyone else catch Harvick and Bowyer comment during the Phoenix promo how the racing before the "re-pave" was better. Harvick is certainly going to say that with all the success he had there. But I can't disagree with them.
 
Except it wasn't. As Jamie McMurray said on DBC years ago Phoenix hasn't ever had a good race.
 
aunty dive said:
2 sets of soft “OPTION” tires for this race. This tire was run at North Wilkesboro and at the second Richmond race last season.

NASCAR Cup Series — Race No. 4 – 312 laps / 312 miles

Phoenix Raceway (1.0-mile oval) – Avondale, Ariz.

Fast Facts for March 7-9, 2025

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Speedway Radials

Set limits: Cup, Prime – 1 set for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 7 sets for the race (6 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying);

Cup, Option – 1 set for practice and 2 sets for the race

Tire Codes: Prime: Left-side — D-5208; Right-side — D-5220

Option: Left-side — D-5224; Right-side — D-5226

Tire Circumference (both Prime & Option): Left side — 2,249 mm (88.54 in.); Right side — 2,279 mm (89.72 in)

Minimum Recommended Inflation (both Prime & Option): Left-Front — 14 psi; Left-Rear — 14 psi; Right Front — 30 psi; Right Rear — 26 psi

Notes – Cup teams have both “Prime” and “Option” tire set-ups at Phoenix: Being on the 18-inch bead diameter tire, NASCAR Cup teams will run different tire set-ups than those in the Xfinity Series at Phoenix this week . . . similar to the 2025 All-Star race at North Wilkesboro in May and the points-paying Richmond-2 in August, Cup teams will have both “Prime” and “Option” tire set-ups available this weekend . . . on the Prime set-up, this same combination of left- and right-side tires was run at Iowa, New Hampshire, North Wilkesboro, Phoenix-2 and Richmond-2 last season . . . on the Option set-up, these are the same two Goodyear tire codes that Cup teams ran at both North Wilkesboro and Richmond-2 last season . . . with this 18-inch tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires.

Wet Weather Tires – Goodyear brings white-lettered “wets” to Phoenix: Goodyear will bring its 18-inch wet weather radial tires to Phoenix for the NASCAR Cup cars, should NASCAR determine that conditions warrant . . . Cup teams will have a maximum of 4 sets of wet weather tires for the event . . . NASCAR Cup teams last ran the wet weather tire in competition at Chicago in July . . . in addition to the obvious difference of a tread pattern versus Goodyear’s dry weather “slick” tires, the “Goodyear” and “Eagle” lettering on the sidewalls of the wet weather tires is white, not the standard yellow.

Goodyear quote – Stu Grant, Goodyear’s general manager of global race tires: “Phoenix has been an important track, with it being the site of championship weekend for the past several years. This weekend we continue with the development of the short track package for the Cup Series, and we will have an Option tire as part of the racing. We quite successfully ran an Option twice last season so we now get a look at it on a racy, one mile track. Cup teams will have two sets of Options for the race so we’ll see, like at the second Richmond race last season, how teams will deploy them to best maximize their strategy.”
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So is the idea here to see if the "option" is conceivable for the Championship?
 
RayinTX said:
LOL...he won a Busch race there...What does that have to do with his comment?
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Eh, this is pretty much why Drivers opinion about tracks I take with a grain of salt lol. Listen to Gragson's picks. Frankly I do the same for fans opinions about tracks also. Most of them are biased. :idunno:
 
The No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet for driver Michael McDowell failed pre-qualifying inspection twice during Friday’s opening inspections at Phoenix Raceway, NASCAR officials announced.


As a result, car chief Griffin Ridder has been ejected for the remainder of the event weekend at the Avondale, Arizona track. The No. 71 team will also lose pit selection for this Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
 
StandOnIt said:
It's a thing called practice and qualifying. It was on the other CW, the CW app. Nascar didn't show timing and scoring from their website either.
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And cup qualifying isn't on TV either. Not enough people are interested in watching it. They make more money playing something else. If enough people watched qualifying they would play it on TV but not enough people do. No excuse for NASCAR website not showing scoring.
 
Daytripper said:
And cup qualifying isn't on TV either. Not enough people are interested in watching it. They make more money playing something else. If enough people watched qualifying they would play it on TV but not enough people do. No excuse for NASCAR website not showing scoring.
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The point and conversation was that there are 2 different CW's ....CW and CW APP.
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