The NASCAR Cup Series fall race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is heading back to the 1.5-mile oval for the first time since 2017, moving away from the previous road-course and oval combination of the Roval. Along with this layout shift comes a familiar, proven tire compound from Goodyear Racing for the intermediate oval.
Sunday’s Bank of America 400 will feature the exact same Goodyear Racing Eagle rubber that saw action in the last two races at Kansas Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Teams also ran this identical tire setup during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte back in May as the Cup Series charges into the second half of The Chase presented by Mobil 1.
“After two weeks of running these tires at similar intermediate tracks, Cup Series teams come to Charlotte on a very familiar Goodyear Racing Eagle package,” Rick Heinrich, Goodyear NASCAR product manager, said in a release. “We now enter the final stretch of the season, with all three national series racing every weekend. With everything on the line in the run up to the Championship Weekend, our job is to give teams tire setups that deliver the performance and reliability they need while contributing to exciting racing.”
The weekend action also brings back the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The trucks kick off their feature on Friday, while the O’Reilly cars hit the track on Saturday. Both of these national series will also utilize the exact same tire setups they ran during their respective Memorial Day Weekend events.
For the weekend's tire allotments, Cup Series teams are allocated 11 total sets, consisting of 8 new sets for the race, 1 for qualifying that transfers to the race, and 2 for practice. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series gets 6 total sets, broken down into 4 new sets for the race, 1 for qualifying which transfers to the race, and 1 for practice. Finally, the Craftsman Truck Series has 5 total sets available, featuring 3 new sets for the race, 1 for qualifying that transfers to the race, and 1 for practice.
