diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c88b4a5..97269da 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
             logger.setMessageOutputLevel( 9 );
     </script>
     <property name="build.major" value="1" />
-    <property name="build.minor" value="14" />
-    <property name="build.prefix" value="" />
+    <property name="build.minor" value="15" />
+    <property name="build.prefix" value="BETA-" />
     <!--property name="build.prefix" value="BETA-" /-->
     <tstamp>
         <format property="build.time" pattern="yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss" />
diff --git a/src/com/SIMRacingApps/Car.json b/src/com/SIMRacingApps/Car.json
index 81bccd8..6edc0f4 100644
--- a/src/com/SIMRacingApps/Car.json
+++ b/src/com/SIMRacingApps/Car.json
@@ -78,6 +78,29 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "TireCompound": {
+            "default": {
+                "Name":              "TIRE",
+                "TypeName":          "COMPOUND",
+                "UOM":               "",
+                "imperial":          "",
+                "metric":            "",
+                "Minimum":           0.0,
+                "Maximum":           0.0,
+                "MajorIncrement":    1.0,
+                "MinorIncrement":    1.0,
+                "CapacityMinimum":   0.0,
+                "CapacityMaximum":   0.0,
+                "CapacityIncrement": 1.0,
+                "StateAscending":    true,
+                "OnResetChange":     true,
+                "IsFixed":           false,
+                "IsChangable":       true,
+                "States": {
+                    "0": {"Start":  -1.0, "End": 99999.0, "Name": "Car/Gauge/TireCompound", "Value": ""}
+                }
+            }
+        },
         "WaterTemp": {
             "default": {
                 "Name":              "WATER",
diff --git a/src/com/SIMRacingApps/Gauge.java b/src/com/SIMRacingApps/Gauge.java
index 9a2c75e..5a1bd00 100644
--- a/src/com/SIMRacingApps/Gauge.java
+++ b/src/com/SIMRacingApps/Gauge.java
@@ -269,6 +269,12 @@ public static class Type {
          */
         public static final String STEERING        = "Steering";
 
+        /**
+         * The type of compound the tire is made out of.
+         * Possible values are blank (Unknown), S (Soft), M (Medium), H (Hard)
+         */
+        public static final String TIRECOMPOUND  = "TireCompound";
+        
         /**
          * The amount of cold pressure in the LF tire. 
          */
diff --git a/src/com/SIMRacingApps/version.properties b/src/com/SIMRacingApps/version.properties
index a986c1c..17c5121 100644
--- a/src/com/SIMRacingApps/version.properties
+++ b/src/com/SIMRacingApps/version.properties
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0000
 major=1
-minor=14
-build=2020.10.01
+minor=15
+build=BETA-2020.11.17
 built-by=Jeffrey Gilliam
 copyright=Copyright (C) 2015 - 2020 Jeffrey Gilliam
 copyrightUrl=/SIMRacingApps/COPYRIGHT.TXT
 license=Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004
 licenseUrl=/SIMRacingApps/LICENSE.TXT
 noticeUrl=/SIMRacingApps/NOTICE.TXT
-releasenotes=/SIMRacingApps/documentation/SIMRacingApps_ReleaseNotes.txt
+releasenotes=/SIMRacingApps/documentation/SIMRacingApps_BETA-ReleaseNotes.txt
 year=2020
-month=10
-day=1
-day2=01
-month2=10
+month=11
+day=17
+day2=17
+month2=11
 
-prefix=
+prefix=BETA-