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Cup, Xfinity, Truck teams to have new left-side tire at Atlanta

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 - Qualifying

FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 03: Goodyear Eagle racing tires are seen in the garage area during Salute To Veterans Qualifying Days Fueled by Texas Lottery for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 3, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Richard W. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)

Richard Rodriguez

Along with a new rules package, Cup teams will have a new left-side tire at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend.

NASCAR’s new rules package includes a tapered spacer that will limit engines to 550 horsepower, an 8-inch spoiler, a longer 2-inch splitter overhang and a radiator pan that is 37 inches at the front and tapered to 31 inches at the rear.

The left-side tire Goodyear will bring to Atlanta features a construction update that aligns Atlanta with what is run at other speedways. The right-side tire remains a multi-zone tread tire. This is the same right-side tire teams have used at Atlanta since 2016. The tire setup came from a test last year with Ross Chastain (Chip Ganassi Racing), Erik Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing), Ryan Blaney (Team Penske) and Paul Menard (Wood Brothers Racing).

Xfinity and Gander Outdoors Truck Series teams also will have a new left-side tire compared to what each series ran at Atlanta last year. As in Cup, the change to the left-side tire for Xfinity and Truck teams is a construction change.
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series -- Race No. 2 – Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

NASCAR Xfinity Series -- Race No. 2 – Rinnai 250

Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54-mile oval) – Hampton, Ga.

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials

Set limits: Cup: 3 sets for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 12 sets for the race; Xfinity: 7 sets for the event

Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4844; Right-side -- D-4682

Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 2,227 mm (87.68 in.); Right-side -- 2,245 mm (88.39 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front -- 19 psi; Left Rear -- 19 psi;

Right Front -- 50 psi; Right Rear -- 47 psi


NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series -- Race No. 2 – Atlanta 200

Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54-mile oval) – Hampton, Ga.

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials

Set limits: 6 sets for the event

Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4840; Right-side -- D-4682

Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 2,220 mm (87.40 in.); Right-side – 2,245 mm (88.39 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front -- 21 psi; Left Rear -- 19 psi; Right Front -- 50 psi; Right Rear -- 47 psi