leading 78% of laps last year... Great stat GTB,,,,, This is exactly why I wanted to start a thread every week,,,,,, We are NASCAR fans at the core,,,, THE BEST SPORTS FANS IN THE WORLD,,,,,, And to make some $$$$ on our favorite sport takes dissecting numbers & alot of luck !!!!!!
PIR President Bryan R. Sperber announces details related to the facility’s first major track paving project since 1993. The $10 million improvement plan will feature several components:
• Installation of a new, four-layer asphalt and aggregate surface
• Widening the front stretch from 52 to 62 feet
• Reconfiguring pit road with the installation of concrete pit stalls
• Pushing out the dog-leg curve between Turn 2 and Turn 3 by 95 feet
• Lowering the infield in Turns 3 and 4 to provide better Grandstand sightlines
• Tightening the turn radius of the dog-leg from 800 to 500 feet to make it a more defined turn
• Implementing variable banking to ensure immediate side-by-side racing
and the use of two racing grooves, including 10-11 degree banking
through Turn 1 and Turn 2; 10-11 degree banking in the apex of the
dog-leg; and 8-9 degree banking in Turn 3 and Turn 4. The project
involved the removal of 684,000 square feet of asphalt from the old
surface, followed by the installation of a new surface that included
7,000 cubic yards of concrete, 600,000 pounds of metal
reinforcement,70,000 cubic yards of import fill and 23,000 tons of new
asphalt.
Jeff Gordon was the last one to win on the old configuration;
Trying to find something that would`nt make Harvick so worthy 2-1.
Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity
Series will run the same Goodyear tire set-up at Phoenix this week . . .
while this is the first time these teams have run this right-side tire
code (D-4626), they have run this left-side code (D-4612) at this track
since November 2013 . . . compared to what was run at Phoenix last year,
this right-side tire features a compound change to enhance grip and
help rubber-in the track, and a construction change to bring this track
in line with what is run at Richmond . . . Goodyear held a tire test at
Phoenix last October . . . drivers participating in that test were Jeff
Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Michael McDowell . . .
But we just left Vegas where they changed the tire compound on the right side for better wear and we know how that turned out.
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