A new tyre will be tested by Supercars alongside the three existing Dunlop compounds at Queensland Raceway on Wednesday June 26.
Comparisons between the three current compounds and the new version will be undertaken by a Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 alongside a Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang.
The new development compound was designed in a collaborative effort between Dunlop and Supercars.
“We’ve got obviously the three current tyres, Super Soft, Soft and Hard, and we have just received the development tyre from Dunlop,” Supercars General Manager of Motorsport Tim Edwards.
“We will compare all four. We have put together an extensive test plan for the day, and we’ll evaluate this new tyre as a potential new compound for next year.
“Dunlop has sent some development tyres, based on some criteria that we’ve been discussing. We now need to evaluate it on track and see that it does what we hope it’ll do.”
The new compound will be tested in a variety of applications including one lap qualifying speed and race runs providing Supercars key data in how it holds its speed, but also the degradation during a longer run.
“We will evaluate what their one lap speed is, and then the critical thing for us will be how it behaves on a longer run, what the degradation is, and how robust it is,” Edwards explained.
“We know our current tyres. With this potential new tyre, it’s an opportunity to do an assessment, and a proper comparison between our three current compounds.
“After development, we’ll make assessments on if we have multiple compounds after that or just one compound.”
The next round of the Repco Supercars Championship is at Townsville on July 5-7.