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EVENT SCHEDULE
Sprint Cup Series

Event Schedule times are local to the track

Thursday, June 11
6:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER

Friday, June 12
6:30 AM - 7:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
10:30 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
11:30 AM - 12:55 PM NSCS PRACTICE
1:00 PM NSCS QUALIFYING INSPECTION BEGINS
4:15 PM NSCS QUALIFYING

Saturday, June 13
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
9:00 - 9:55 AM NSCS PRACTICE
12:00 - 12:55 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE

Sunday, June 14
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:00 AM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
12:30 PM NSCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
1:00 PM NSCS Race Quicken Loans 400

NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All event schedule times above are listed in LOCAL track time

PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage

(these times in eastern time)

• Practices:
  Friday, June 12, 11:30 am - 12:55 pm/et, TV-FS1
  Saturday, June 13, 9:00 - 9:55 am/et, TV-FS1

• Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, June 13, 12:00 - 12:55 pm/et, TV-FS1

• Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, June 12 at 4:15 pm/et, TV-FS2, no re-air scheduled.

[mabarker1]

Track Specifications:
Superspeedway: 2.0-mile D-shaped oval
Banking: turns: 18 degrees; straights: front stretch 12 degrees, backstretch 5 degrees
Front stretch Length: 3,600 feet
Backstretch Length: 2,242 feet
73 feet wide with 10-foot apron in turns, 45 feet wide with 12-foot apron on straightaways
Pit lane is 50 feet wide and contains space for 44 individual pit areas
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Seating: 84,000 [was 108,000, and 137,243]
Opened: 1968

• Race Festivities/Officials:
  Grand Marshal: Michigan State University football coach Mark Dantonio
  Command to start engines: Mark Dantonio
  Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
  Honorary Pace Car Driver: TBA
  Color Guard: TBA
  Invocation: TBA
  National Anthem: United States Army Chorus Quartet
  Flyover: TBA

[SgtBob]

Getting ready to launch from Indiana up to MI....200 lousy feet away from my BIL’s home. Don’t think we’ll go to Winston Cup Quals...we’ll watch it in the hotel for “Happy Hour”.