BUSCH: Goodyear Racing Dover preview

GOODYEAR TIRE NOTES

Winston Cup Series - Race No. 13 - MBNA Armed Forces Family 400 (Sunday, June 1 -- 1:00 p.m. ET -- TV: FX -- Radio: MRN)

Busch Series - Race No. 14 - MBNA Armed Forces Family 200 (Saturday, May 31 -- 1:00 p.m. ET -- TV: FX -- Radio: MRN)

Craftsman Truck Series - Race No. 6 - MBNA Armed Forces Family Truck 200 (Friday, May 30 -- 4:30 p.m. ET -- TV: Speed Channel -- Radio: MRN)

Dover Downs International Speedway (1-mile oval) - Dover, Del.

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials

Number of Tires Required:

Winston Cup: Left - 1,240; Right - 1,240.
Busch Series: Left - 600; Right - 600.
Truck Series: Left - 325; Right - 325.

Tire Numbers: Left - D-6370; Right - D-6372

Tire Circumference: Left - 87.3 in.; Right - 88.6 in.

Technical Inspection Inflation: Left Front - 30 psi; Right Front - 50 psi; Left Rear - 30 psi; Right Rear - 47 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front - 25 psi; Right Front - 48 psi; Left Rear - 25 psi; Right Rear - 44 psi

Estimated Pit Window: Every 95-105 laps, based on fuel mileage.

Notes: All three NASCAR series will compete on the same tires this weekend at Dover . . . this this will be the first time NASCAR teams will run this particular combination of left- and right-side tires in 2003. . . also, Dover is the only track where NASCAR teams will run this same tire set-up . . . Winston Cup and Busch teams did run this right-side code (D-6372) at Charlotte last week, but with a different left-side code . . . this combination is relatively new to Goodyear's tire line, having been run for the first time at Dover last September . . . in addition to Charlotte and Dover, this right-side code will be used at Kansas in 2003 . . . teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Dover . . . the air pressure in the inner liners must be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.

Goodyear Quote -- Mark Keto, Lead Engineer, Stock Car Tire Development: "Goodyear introduced this particular tire set-up with great success at Dover last Fall. In addition, the right-sides we'll bring this week were used by Winston Cup teams over the past two weeks in Charlotte, so teams should have a lot of good notes on these tires to work from."

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