EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)
Times are local to the Track
Thursday, May 8
11:30 AM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
1:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
6:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Friday, May 9
9:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
10:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
1:30 - 2:20 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
5:40 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
7:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
7:30 PM NCWTS RACE
Saturday, May 10
1:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
4:30 PM NSCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
6:00 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTIONS
6:30 PM NSCS RACE
NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All times above are listed in CENTRAL / LOCAL Time
PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage
(times in eastern time)
Practices:
Friday, May 9, 12:00 - 1:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Friday, May 9, 2:30 - 3:20pm/et, TV-FS1
Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, May 9 at 6:40 pm/et, TV-FS1. Re-air scheduled on Saturday, May 10 at 4:30am/et.
PURSE/RACE AWARD
2014: TBA
2013: $5,372,220
2012: $5,327,371
2011: $5,215,984
2011 was the first spring race for the track
Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 1.5-mile D-shaped oval, 267 laps, 400.5 miles
Banking in turns...variable (17-20 degrees); previous banking: 15 degrees
Banking on front stretch... 10 degrees; previous banking: 10.4 degrees
Banking on back stretch... 5.5 degrees; previous banking: 5 degrees
Straights: front stretch - 2,721 feet; Backstretch - 2,207 feet
Asphalt surface is 55-feet wide
Pit Box Size 30’x18’, 44 individual pit stalls
Pit Road: 1,573 feet long, 60-feet wide
Attendance: 81,779, 68 luxury suites
Seating: approx. 74,000 in the grandstands
Camping: approx. 2,400 spaces
Repaved & Reconfigured: Summer 2012
Opened: 2001
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: TBA
Command to start engines: TBA
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: TBA
Flyover: TBA