Pneumatic tire for high speed driving

In a pneumatic tire for high speed driving having left and right bead portions, left and right side wall portions and a tread portion and having an aspect ratio of from 0.25 to 0.75, the improvement wherein two carcass layers comprising carcass cords embedded in a coating rubber having a 100% modulus of from 30 to 70 kg/cm.sup.2 are disposed between said bead portions, said carbass cords being at an angle to the equatorial plane of the tire so that the cords of one carcass layer cross the cords of the other carcass layer, and wherein the thickness of the rubber between the cords of the carcass layers is from 120 to 300% of the diameter of the cords of one of said carcass layers in the region extending from at least 50 mm from the shoulder point in the direction toward the equatorial plane of the tire to between 20 and 50 mm from the shoulder point in the direction toward the respective bead portion.