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Track Specs:
0.533-mile concrete oval
500 laps, 266.5 miles
Degree of banking in corners: 30 degrees
Degree of banking in straights: 16 degrees
Straightaways are 650 feet long.
Concrete racing surface is 40 feet wide.
Seating capacity: ~158,000
Bristol has two pits roads: 21 pit stalls on the front stretch and 21 on the back stretch (1 shared)
Pit Stall Size: 25.5 feet long, 15.5 feet wide
Pit Road Speed: 30 mph
Pace Car Track Speed: 35mph
Track Opened: 1960
First Cup race: 1961
Grand Marshal: Mike Polk, CEO of Newell Rubbermaid and 250 professional tradesmen
Command to start engines: Mike Polk, CEO of Newell Rubbermaid and 250 professional tradesmen
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: Ace Hardware's Ken Goodgame
Invocation: Joe Gibbs
U.S.A. National Anthem: Motor Racing Outreach Children
Military Flyover: 4 T-38 Talons, Randolph AFB San Antonio, TX
Practices: Friday, August 26, 12:00 - 2:00pm/et, TV-SPEED
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, August 26, 2:45 - 3:30pm/et, TV-SPEED
Qualifying Information/Times/Television coverage
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Friday, August 26 at 5:10 pm/et, TV-SPEED, no re-air scheduled.
Info courtesy Jayski.com
Nationwide Series:
Food City 250
Friday, August 26, in Bristol on ESPN: Prerace 7:00pm, Race 7:30
Camping World Series:
O'Reilly 200
Wednesday, August 24, in Bristol on SPEED; Qualifying 5:00pm, Prerace 7:30pm, Race 8:00pm
Weekend TV race coverage and calendar for all series, all events