Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg source: paddocktalk.com March 31-April 2, 2006 - Round 2 of 14 Race Distance: 180 miles or 291.3 kilometers (100 laps on the 1.80-mile temporary street course). Firehawk Race Tires Supplied: For the only temporary street-circuit race this season, Firestone delivered 770 dry-condition and 332 wet-condition Firehawk race tires for use. All were produced at the Firestone Technical Center in Akron, Ohio. Dry-condition tires ("slicks"): Each car receives eight sets of slicks (32 total tires) for the race weekend, to use as its team determines in the practice, qualifying and race sessions. Those cars that make the "Firestone Fast Six" for the final segment of qualifying receive an additional set for that session only. Firestone Racing engineers are bringing an updated version of their highest-grip ("softest") street-course compound/construction tires. While the compound formula has changed slightly from 2005, the tire performance aspects should remain quite similar. Wet-condition tires ("rains"): Firestone supplies each car up to four sets of grooved-tread rain tires (16 total tires) per race weekend on road and street courses, as needed. Teams can provide two additional sets of the same-spec rain tire that may have been distributed at an earlier test. The softer street-course rain tire specification was selected for this weekend.
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