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NASCAR WCUP: Goodyear tire facts for Pocono 500

16 June 2000

GOODYEAR TIRE FAST FACTS FOR THE
Winston Cup Series - Pocono 500, June 18, 2000
Pocono Raceway - 2.5-mile oval
Long Pond, PA

NUMBER OF TIRES SUPPLIED:  LEFT  RIGHT
                       Winston Cup Series    1220   1230

RECOMMENDED MINIMUM RACE COLD PRESSURE:
Left Front -    20 psi  Right Front -  30 psi
Left Rear  --   20 psi  Right Rear  -   30 psi

TIRES:  Goodyear Eagle Short Track Radials
Circumference: Left side: 86.3-inches  Right side: 87.5-inches
D-Codes:         Left side: D6326         Right side: D6330

Estimated Pit Stops: Every 38 laps based on fuel mileage

Did you know? This weekend the Goodyear Eagle racing tires will sporting a new
D-code in the 6000 series, but there's no cause for confusion.  Simple enough,
the engineers are running out of 5000-series numbers that the tires have carried
for several years.

GOODYEAR QUOTE: Tony Freund, lead engineer, stock car tire development:
"This weekend marks the introduction of the new-generation tire at Pocono.  Bill
Elliott, Bobby Hamilton and Jeremy Mayfield tested the tire at Pocono in April
of 2000, and it performed extremely well. The tire performance improvements were
dramatic on this high-speed flat track, which is very similar to Homestead and
Indianapolis, and we can expect an improved ride, cornering and wear over the
1999 race tire.  The new tires at Pocono are very similar to the new-generation
tires that were raced at the inaugural Homestead WC race weekend in 1999.

"Since the Pocono and Indianapolis tracks have a lot in common, the tire test at
the Brickyard in early June provided a lot of useful information for both
tracks.  We'll supply the same tire set-up at Indianapolis as we race at Pocono;
therefore, much of what the teams learn about the new tires here at Pocono this
weekend will apply to their strategy for the 2000 Brickyard 400 in August."