Lowe's Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 1.5-mile quad oval
Race Length: 334 laps, 501 miles
Banking: turns: 24 degrees; straights: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch - 1952.8 feet; Backstretch - 1360 feet
Grandstand Seating: 171,000
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Grand Marshal: Tennessee Speaker of the House Beth Harwell
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: South Carolina Speaker Bobby Harrell
Honorary Pace Car Driver: Larry the Cable Guy (Wait, what?)
Flyover: B-2 Stealth Bomber, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, MS
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I thought it was a 600 mile race