Earlier tire tests at Martinsville were held in temperatures roughly 20 degrees cooler than the expected race-day numbers.
Uncharacteristic 80-degree temperatures, which are about 20 degrees above normal, will produce a hot, greasy track at Martinsville.Tyler Reddick’s crew chief Billy Scott says the hotter than normal temperatures will definitely affect the amount of rubber laid down on the track.With two spots in the Championship 4 field available, William Byron enters the cutoff race 30 points above the cutline, while Ryan Blaney is 10 points to the good.
“You’ve got to more or less miss the corner to get a bumper on somebody else,” Hassler says. “It’s definitely not the Martinsville of old.”Scott attributes the change in driving tactics to the parity that exists with the current car. “At a place like Martinsville, the aero stuff comes less into play. They’re able to shift and regain their momentum if something goes wrong mid-corner,” Scott says. “The circumstances make it tough. I don’t think the tire is going to be the fix for it.
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