The Roval 400 Pre-Race Thread

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Charlie Spencer said:
This will be the first one I haven't attended. We went last year, the first one since we moved in '23, and the new logistics proved too much of a hassle. I hope whoever has my old seats has a great weekend; they're the best view in the place.
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Im really going to try to go next year. This fall didn't work because I'm into my last two semesters of student teaching and money is to tight. I will go next year, because the haters of this track are too numerous and I fear it will fall off here soon and I want it for my track count.
 

Goodyear Racing Notes — Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL​

All three of NASCAR’s national series will have familiar Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups for the final road course race of the season this weekend, on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.

The NASCAR Cup Series road course tire introduced at the start of this season will make its sixth appearance this weekend, having been used at all previous road courses in 2025 – Circuit of The Americas (COTA), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City), Chicago Street Race, Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International.

Goodyear introduced a new road course tire for the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the July race at Sonoma, which has since been raced at Watkins Glen and the Xfinity Series’ outing at Portland International Raceway. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams have so far only used this 15-inch road course tire at Watkins Glen in August.

“The Charlotte road course combines tight chicanes, a slower infield section and much of the track’s oval, making for a unique combination of track characteristics to round out the road course schedule,” said Rick Heinrich, Goodyear NASCAR product manager. “We’ve introduced new Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups for all three series earlier this year, so we expect teams to be comfortable with their setups by now. This Cup Series tire was designed with increased lap-time fall-off in mind, and we’ve seen it perform as expected.”

All three series will have wet weather tires available in the case of inclement weather.

Fast Facts

NASCAR Cup Series
Race: Bank of America ROVAL 400 (109 laps / 248.52 miles)
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL (2.28-mile road course)
Date/Time: Sunday, October 5, 3:00 p.m. ET
TV/Radio: USA, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Tire: Goodyear Racing Eagle
Tire Code: D-5242
Previous Usage in 2025: COTA, Mexico City, Chicago, Sonoma, Watkins Glen

Tire Circumference: 2,279 mm (89.7 in.)

Recommended Minimum Inflation: LF – 26 psi, RF – 28 psi, LR – 20 psi, RR – 20 psi

Total Dry Weather Sets: 9 (7 new race / 1 qualifying transfer to race / 1 practice)
Total Wet Weather Sets: 6 (4 new race / 1 qualifying transfer to race / 1 practice)

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I never warmed up to this race. There's plenty of road racing on the schedule so I won't miss this one going away.
 
I keep looking for an announcement about changes to the track. They seem to do it every year. Maybe they finally have it right.
 
I don’t necessarily hate this track, but something about it just doesn’t feel right to me. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it almost feels like it should be a gimmick exhibition race. But it isn’t.
 
I'm glad to see it. It's been too easy to cut corners in NASCAR.

It will be interesting to see how much this slows down their lap times.
 
I don't know if the weather will make a difference tomorrow or not, but today these guys have their hand full.
 
Zilich in Xfinity qualifying was nearly a second quicker than Reddick in Cup, 85.054 to 85.939.

Crazy with Cup cars having independent rears, rack and pinion steering, wider tires, more gears, etc.
 
SeventyGTX said:
Zilich in Xfinity qualifying was nearly a second quicker than Reddick in Cup, 85.054 to 85.939.

Crazy with Cup cars having independent rears, rack and pinion steering, wider tires, more gears, etc.
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What is so crazy about it. Did you miss reading the post above? 5 seconds of tire falloff in 12 laps
 
I knew about tire fall off, but assumed they put new tires on for qualifying.

Either way, this Next Gen car is not as fast as it should be. There are several tracks where Xfinity is right with them or very close on times. Xfinity cars were also quicker in practice.
 
SeventyGTX said:
I knew about tire fall off, but assumed they put new tires on for qualifying.

Either way, this Next Gen car is not as fast as it should be. There are several tracks where Xfinity is right with them or very close on times. Xfinity cars were also quicker in practice.
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What part of the tires are losing a second a lap are you not understanding? I guess you missed both practice and qualifying. The Cup cars are sliding all over the place.
 
StandOnIt said:
What part of the tires are losing a second a lap are you not understanding? I guess you missed both practice and qualifying. The Cup cars are sliding all over the place
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Why are you being a jerk? :rolleyes:

I know you just love to defend this lame car, but Xfinity was also quickest in the beginning practice which is with NEW TIRES! Zilich 85.5 to Almendinger 86.6. But evidently all you want to talk about is tire fall off.

I'm done here.
 
SeventyGTX said:
Why are you being a jerk? :rolleyes:

I know you just love to defend this lame car, but Xfinity was also quickest in the beginning practice which is with NEW TIRES! Zilich 85.5 to Almendinger 86.6. But evidently all you want to talk about is tire fall off.

I'm done here.
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Maybe you will figure it out when you watch the race. You can't make speed when you have no grip.
 
Interested to watch today. Hate the 3 PM start, need to move these to Noon local time in order to compete with NFL and MLB playoffs
 
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