Less weight in the car will allow for quicker turns on the 8.476-mile-long Circuit de la Sarthe road course. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) Getty Imagesĭuring the 24 hours in France, NASCAR and the Garage 56 team will be able to gather a great deal of data. Button and Mike Rockenfeller drives during practice for the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe Jin Le Mans, France. LE MANS, FRANCE - JUNE 07: The #24 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet ZL1 driven by Jimmie Johnson, Jenson.

The more teams can use strategy the more excitement there is for fans. The use of different compounds, required by the rules of the respective sanctioning bodies, gives a different option for strategies in a race. The drivers and multiple engineers have tested not only the car, but the Goodyear tires at 10 tests over eight sites in the past 12 months, resulting in more than 7,500 miles of testing.Ĭurrently the Next Gen car can race on road courses in NASCAR with wet tires, but tires with differing compounds are only used in Formula 1 and the Ind圜ar series. MORE FROM FORBES NASCAR Unveils Its Garage 56 Entry For 24 Hours Of Le Mans By Greg Engle Goodyear also engineered three types of racing tires for the car and the 24-hour race: Dry, Intermediate wet, and full wet compounds. The real-time feedback will help the team leverage the tire intelligence data to optimize the vehicle’s performance by adjusting the car and driver settings in real-time. The sensor utilizes Goodyear SightLine, Goodyear’s intelligent technology to provide real-time tire data to Hendrick Motorsports during the race. The passive, non-battery, sensor is actually cured into the tire during production. For the Garage 56 car at Le Mans, Goodyear GT introduced the first real time intelligence capability to record tire pressure and temperature. One thing that will be visible is the tires.

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