BUSCH: Goodyear Sears Point/Milwaukee preview

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series -- Race No. 16 -- Dodge / Savemart 350
Infineon Raceway (1.99-mile road course) -- Sonoma, Calif.
Fast Facts for June 23-25, 2006

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Road Course Radials

Number of Tires:
Left-side -- 1,300; Right-side -- 1,300

Tire Codes:
D-4044 (all four tire positions)

Tire Circumference: 87.4 in.

Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 23 psi; Right Front -- 23 psi;
Left Rear -- 20 psi; Right Rear -- 20 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 22 psi; Right Front -- 20 psi; #Left Rear -- 17 psi; Right Rear -- 17 psi

Estimated Pit Window:
Every 36-38 laps, based on fuel mileage

Notes: NASCAR Nextel Cup teams will run the same tire code (D-4044) on all four tire positions at Infineon Raceway this weekend . . . teams will duplicate this tire set-up at the series' other road course at Watkins Glen later this season . . . this code is also run on the right-side at Martinsville (with a different left-side) . . . as on all NASCAR road courses, teams will not run inner liners at Infineon.

NASCAR Busch Series -- Race No. 17 -- SBC 250
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series -- Race No. 11 -- Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200
The Milwaukee Mile (1.0-mile oval) -- West Allis, Wis.
Fast Facts for June 23-24, 2006

Tire:
Goodyear Eagle Intermediate Radials (Busch Series);
Goodyear Wrangler Intermediate Radials (Craftsman Truck Series)

Number of Tires:
Busch Series: Left-side -- 575, Right-side -- 575;
Craftsman Truck: Left-side -- 325, Right-side -- 325

Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4038; Right-side -- D-4040

Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.4 in. Right-side -- 88.6 in.

Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 20 psi; Left Rear -- 20 psi;
Right Front -- 30 psi; Right Rear -- 30 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 14 psi; Left Rear -- 12 psi;
Right Front -- 27 psi; Right Rear -- 24 psi

Estimated Pit Window:
Every 90-95 laps, based on fuel mileage (Busch Series);
Every 84-86 laps, based on fuel mileage (Craftsman Truck Series)

Notes: This is the third time this season that Goodyear has brought this combination of left- and right-side tires to the track for each of these two series . . . Busch Series teams previously ran this combination at companion weekends with Nextel Cup at both Phoenix and Richmond . . . Craftsman Truck teams ran these codes at both Gateway and Mansfield . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Milwaukee.

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